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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Vydáno v:	Journal of coastal conservation Ročník 21; číslo 3; s. 369 - 379
Hlavní autoři:	Nolte, S., van der Weyde, C., Esselink, P., Smit, C., van Wieren, S. E., Bakker, J. P.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Dordrecht Springer 01.06.2017 Springer Netherlands Springer Nature B.V
Témata:	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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Shrnutí:	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 density due to differences in the behaviour of the animals. Yet, little is known about the behaviour of different livestock species and stocking densities grazing in salt marshes. We studied the grazing behaviour of horses and cattle by focal observation in an experiment with four different grazing treatments on a coastal salt marsh. In all treatments we recorded diet choice, movement and grazing activity, and spatial distribution. Livestock species shared an overlap in diet choice. Yet, horses more often foraged on the short grass Puccinellia maritima, while the cattle diet contained a higher amount of Aster tripolium. Horses travelled longer distances per day and spent more time grazing than cattle. Spatial distribution of cattle was significantly clustered, while horses showed a random distribution utilizing the whole area. Animal behaviour differs between livestock species and stocking densities with respect to diet choice, activity and spatial distribution.
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ISSN:	1400-0350 1874-7841
DOI:	10.1007/s11852-017-0515-7