Plant trait responses to herbivore type managed as domestic or as wild

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 391; p. 126378
• Main Authors: Mutillod, Clémentine, Buisson, Elise, Tatin, Laurent, Mahy, Grégory, Dufrêne, Marc, Morvan, Nina, Mesléard, François, Dutoit, Thierry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2025; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild; Biodiversity; Conservation of Natural Resources; domestic horses; Ecosystem; Environmental Sciences; France; grazing; herbaceous plant community; Herbivory; Horses; intraspecific variability; Plants; Przewalski horses; Sheep; France; intraspecific variability; Przewalski horses; domestic horses; herbaceous plant community; grazing; sheep; grazing herbaceous plant community intraspecific variability Przewalski horses sheep domestic horses
• ISSN: 0301-4797; 1095-8630; 1095-8630
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126378

The urgency of restoring ecosystems over vast areas has placed rewilding using wild herbivores at the forefront. However, few scientific studies address its effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning compared to more traditional conservation interventions with domestic herbivores. Equus ferus...