Authors
Gábor Ónodi, Miklós Kertész, Zoltan Botta-Dukat, Vilmos Altbäcker
Publication date
2008/10/7
Journal
Arid Land Research and Management
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pages
273-285
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Description
We studied the effects of sheep [Ovis aries (L.)] and rabbit [Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.)] grazing on the spread of induced fire on an open sand grassland community in the Hungarian Plain. Patches of open sand grassland were grazed by sheep in April and by sheep and rabbit in May of 2003. Half of each patch was burned in July. Canopy cover of the litter and vascular plant species, species number, plant height, burnt area, and the speed of fire-spread were estimated in 1 × 1 m quadrates. The burnt area was significantly smaller with late sheep grazing, while the speed of fire-spread decreased significantly due to rabbit grazing compared to that of the control. Plant height was significantly decreased by early and late sheep grazing, while rabbit grazing resulted in significantly lower canopy cover values of vascular plants compared to the control. Early sheep grazing resulted in overcompensation of the canopy cover …
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Scholar articles
G Ónodi, M Kertész, Z Botta-Dukat, V Altbäcker - Arid Land Research and Management, 2008