Effects of large herbivore grazing on grasshopper behaviour and abundance in a meadow steppe

• Published in: Ecological entomology Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 1357 - 1366
• Main Authors: Zhu, Hui, Nkurunziza, Venuste, Wang, Jingting, Guo, Qinfeng, Ruan, Hang, Wang, Deli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Abundance; Behavioural activity; Cattle; Ecology; entomology; Environmental changes; Evolution; field experimentation; Forbs; Grasshoppers; grassland; Grasslands; Grazing; Herbivores; Insects; large herbivore assemblage; meadows; Microclimate; Mixed grazing; Orthoptera; Pasture management; Phenotypic plasticity; Sheep; Steppes; Switching

1. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity has been a major subject in evolutionary ecology, but how a species' behaviour may respond to certain environmental change is still not clear. In grasslands worldwide, large herbivores are increasingly used as a tool for grazing management, and occur to interac...