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CATENA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 104086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessio Cislaghi ◽  
Luca Giupponi ◽  
Alberto Tamburini ◽  
Annamaria Giorgi ◽  
Gian Battista Bischetti

Hacquetia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina Savchenko ◽  
Vladimir Ronkin

Abstract The goals of the study were to illustrate how parameters of steppe marmot settlements change after abandonment of livestock grazing, to evaluate differences in vegetation characteristics between grazed and abandoned habitats, to find the links between these characteristics and the persistence of marmot settlements and to establish whether it is possible to maintain the food base of marmots by applying frequently repeated mowing. Data were collected in 1991-2016 in the steppe marmot (Marmota bobak) settlement in the Regional Landscape Park “The Velykyi Burluk-Steppe” (Kharkiv Region, Northeastern Ukraine). We found that grazing prolongs the period of active plant growth and supports a regrowth during periods of intensive feeding of all age groups of marmots. In abandoned habitats the vegetation period ended before the end of active feeding of reproductive females and juveniles. This resulted in lower reproductive success, which determines a decrease in the population and may in the future result in a larger decline of settlements. Frequently repeated mowing by a lawnmower at a cutting height of 6-9 cm prolongs the vegetation period and maintains a water content in the plants similar to that of grazed habitats throughout the active season of steppe marmots.


Plant Ecology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 219 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patryk Czortek ◽  
Amy E. Eycott ◽  
John-Arvid Grytnes ◽  
Anna Delimat ◽  
Jutta Kapfer ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1103-1115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmina Sanjuán ◽  
José Arnáez ◽  
Santiago Beguería ◽  
Noemí Lana-Renault ◽  
Teodoro Lasanta ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 249 ◽  
pp. 215-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Peco ◽  
E. Navarro ◽  
C.P. Carmona ◽  
N.G. Medina ◽  
M.J. Marques

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