Grazing lawns contribute to the subsistence of mesoherbivores on dystrophic savannas

By Richard J. T. Verweij, Jochem Verrelst, P. Loth, Ignas M. A. Heitkönig, A. Brunsting. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The hippopotamus conveyor belt: vectors of carbon and nutrients from terrestrial grasslands to aquatic systems in sub-Saharan Africa (2015, background): “…and composition of grass species and overall plant community struc- ture in grazing areas (Field, 1970), facilitate the presence of other herbivores (Verweij et al., 2006; Kanga et al., 2013), maintain open-water areas used by other species (Naiman & Rogers, 1997) and create paths that influence…”
Habitat heterogeneity as a driver of ungulate diversity and distribution patterns: interaction of body mass and digestive strategy (2009, methodology): “While we realize that we used a fairly rough classification of habitat quality, grazing lawns or hot-spots are increasingly recognized as key resource areas of savanna grassland systems (Illius & O’Connor, 2000; Grant & Scholes, 2006; Verweij et al., 2006; Archibald, 2008).”
The relationship of food intake and ingesta passage predicts feeding ecology in two different megaherbivore groups (2007, background): “MRT relationship may only be feasible in herbivores that have access to a uniform food source of consistent availability and quality (like the grass consumed by common hippos, Verweij et al. 2006), or in omnivores that also feed on easy-to-digest, non-fibrous food.”
Strategic management of livestock to improve biodiversity conservation in African savannahs: a conceptual basis for wildlife-livestock coexistence (2016, background): “…of extensive, productive habitats such as high-rainfall regions, floodplains, swamps and lowlands (Western & Gichohi 1993; Fryxell et al. 2005; Verweij et al. 2006), where there is potential for grass biomass and height to increase to the point where forage quality limits intake rates for…”
Restoration of a megaherbivore: landscape‐level impacts of white rhinoceros in Kruger National Park, South Africa (2014, background): “…range of cascading effects, including creating habitat for certain species (birds, Krook, Bond & Hockey 2007; grasshoppers, Joern 2005; small mammals, Engle et al. 2008; and ungulates, Verweij et al. 2006), changing fire regimes (Owen-Smith 1988), and influencing treegrass dynamics (Bond 2008).”