Feral horses (Equus caballus) as a component of protected steppe ecosystems in the Rostovskii Nature Reserve.

Autor:	Z. Prishutova
Předmět:	WILD horses NATURE reserves BIOTIC communities STEPPE ecology PASTURE plants ANIMAL population density
Zdroj:	Russian Journal of Ecology; Jan2010, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p55-59, 5p
Abstrakt:	Abstract  Vegetation was considerably trampled throughout Vodnyi Island in the Rostovskii Nature Reserve in 2007 because of a high pasture load due to feral horses (0.15 horses/ha). Calculation of the food resources on the island, with its protection as part of a nature reserve taken into account, has shown that the herd size is 3.5 times larger than the maximum allowable value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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