Behaviour of horses and cattle at two stocking densities in a coastal salt marsh

Livestock grazing has been practiced in salt marshes in the Wadden Sea area since 600 B.C. Currently livestock grazing is also applied for conservation management. However, effects of such grazing management on salt marshes are likely to vary depending on the species of livestock and stocking densit...

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Published in:	Journal of coastal conservation Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 369 - 379
Main Authors:	Nolte, S., van der Weyde, C., Esselink, P., Smit, C., van Wieren, S. E., Bakker, J. P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer 01.06.2017 Springer Netherlands Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	animal behavior Behaviour Cattle Coastal Sciences Coasts Conservation Conservation management Density Diet Diet choice Distribution Earth and Environmental Science Environmental impact Focal observation Forage foraging Foraging behavior Geography grasses Grazing grazing management Horses Land use Livestock Livestock grazing Livestock species Marshes Nature Conservation North Sea Oceanography Pasture management Puccinellia Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry Salt marshes Saltmarshes Semi-natural grassland Spatial distribution Stocking Stocking density stocking rate Tripolium pannonicum North Sea Focal observation Semi-natural grassland Conservation management Diet choice Livestock species
ISSN:	1400-0350, 1874-7841
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