Managed as wild, horses influence grassland vegetation differently than domestic herds

• Published in: Biological conservation Vol. 290; p. 110469
• Main Authors: Mutillod, Clémentine, Buisson, Elise, Tatin, Laurent, Mahy, Gregory, Dufrêne, Marc, Mesléard, François, Dutoit, Thierry
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: Conservation management; Domestic horses and sheep grazing; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; ecosystems; Environmental Sciences; Environmental sciences & ecology; Equus przewalskii; France; functional diversity; grasslands; horses; Life sciences; Liliopsida; Magnoliopsida; management systems; Naturalistic grazing; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Plant community; Przewalski horses; Rewilding; Sciences de l’environnement & écologie; Sciences du vivant; sheep; species; species richness; France; Rewilding; Przewalski horses; Domestic horses and sheep grazing; Conservation management; Plant community; Naturalistic grazing

The urgent need to preserve ecosystems over vast areas has placed rewilding with wild herbivores to the forefront. However, there are still few scientific experimental field studies dealing with its effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Since 1993, in France, a socially natural population...