The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation

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Zalba, Sergio Martin; Loydi, Alejandro
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2014
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The effect of grazing by large herbivores on grassland communities has been extensively studied, however less is known about changes associated with sites of high-intensity activity, such as dust bowls, tracks, urine patches and dung piles, that might induce disproportionate impacts to the directly affected areas and the surrounding vegetation. This paper explores the changes associated with exotic feral horse dung piles in relicts of natural grasslands in Argentine Pampas. We expected greater changes in the composition of plant communities and a greater facilitation effect on the establishment of invasive alien plants adjacent to the dung piles. Characteristics of the vegetation surrounding dung piles were recorded in 10025 cm plots located 0–1.5 m from the edge of the piles. We compared the immediate surroundings with reference plots at 5 m. The diversity of plant species increased as distance from the edge increased from 0–1.5 m; however, species richness was significantly higher in the first meter next to dung piles than 5 m away. Percentage cover of bare ground decreased further from the dung piles at both scales. Percentage cover of woody plants was greater at greater distances from the manure, whereas percentage cover of exotic plants was significantly higher next to the dung piles. The reported changes could be related to concentration gradients of nutrients liberated from the manure and/or to behaviour patterns of the horses, which may avoid grazing in the immediate surroundings of dung piles. These changes result in invasion windows facilitating the establishment and subsequent dispersal of exotic plant species in grasslands.
Fil: Zalba, Sergio Martin. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biologia, Bioquimica y Farmacia. Grupo de Estudios En Conservacion y Manejo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Loydi, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida(i); Argentina
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INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
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INVASION WINDOW
EXOTIC HERBIVORES
NATURAL GRASSLANDS
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spelling The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetationZalba, Sergio MartinLoydi, AlejandroINVASIVE ALIEN SPECIESBIODIVERSITYINVASION WINDOWEXOTIC HERBIVORESNATURAL GRASSLANDShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4The effect of grazing by large herbivores on grassland communities has been extensively studied, however less is known about changes associated with sites of high-intensity activity, such as dust bowls, tracks, urine patches and dung piles, that might induce disproportionate impacts to the directly affected areas and the surrounding vegetation. This paper explores the changes associated with exotic feral horse dung piles in relicts of natural grasslands in Argentine Pampas. We expected greater changes in the composition of plant communities and a greater facilitation effect on the establishment of invasive alien plants adjacent to the dung piles. Characteristics of the vegetation surrounding dung piles were recorded in 10025 cm plots located 0–1.5 m from the edge of the piles. We compared the immediate surroundings with reference plots at 5 m. The diversity of plant species increased as distance from the edge increased from 0–1.5 m; however, species richness was significantly higher in the first meter next to dung piles than 5 m away. Percentage cover of bare ground decreased further from the dung piles at both scales. Percentage cover of woody plants was greater at greater distances from the manure, whereas percentage cover of exotic plants was significantly higher next to the dung piles. The reported changes could be related to concentration gradients of nutrients liberated from the manure and/or to behaviour patterns of the horses, which may avoid grazing in the immediate surroundings of dung piles. These changes result in invasion windows facilitating the establishment and subsequent dispersal of exotic plant species in grasslands.Fil: Zalba, Sergio Martin. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biologia, Bioquimica y Farmacia. Grupo de Estudios En Conservacion y Manejo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Loydi, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida(i); ArgentinaRegional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre2014-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/11418Zalba, Sergio Martin; Loydi, Alejandro; The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation; Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre; Management of Biological Invasions; 5; 1; 5-2014; 73-791989-8649enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2014/1/MBI_2014_Zalba_Loydi.pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3391/mbi.2014.5.1.07info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:05:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/11418instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:05:44.602CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation
title The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation
spellingShingle The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation
Zalba, Sergio Martin
INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
BIODIVERSITY
INVASION WINDOW
EXOTIC HERBIVORES
NATURAL GRASSLANDS
title_short The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation
title_full The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation
title_fullStr The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation
title_full_unstemmed The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation
title_sort The influence of feral horses dung piles on surrounding vegetation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zalba, Sergio Martin
Loydi, Alejandro
author Zalba, Sergio Martin
author_facet Zalba, Sergio Martin
Loydi, Alejandro
author_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
BIODIVERSITY
INVASION WINDOW
EXOTIC HERBIVORES
NATURAL GRASSLANDS
topic INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
BIODIVERSITY
INVASION WINDOW
EXOTIC HERBIVORES
NATURAL GRASSLANDS
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The effect of grazing by large herbivores on grassland communities has been extensively studied, however less is known about changes associated with sites of high-intensity activity, such as dust bowls, tracks, urine patches and dung piles, that might induce disproportionate impacts to the directly affected areas and the surrounding vegetation. This paper explores the changes associated with exotic feral horse dung piles in relicts of natural grasslands in Argentine Pampas. We expected greater changes in the composition of plant communities and a greater facilitation effect on the establishment of invasive alien plants adjacent to the dung piles. Characteristics of the vegetation surrounding dung piles were recorded in 10025 cm plots located 0–1.5 m from the edge of the piles. We compared the immediate surroundings with reference plots at 5 m. The diversity of plant species increased as distance from the edge increased from 0–1.5 m; however, species richness was significantly higher in the first meter next to dung piles than 5 m away. Percentage cover of bare ground decreased further from the dung piles at both scales. Percentage cover of woody plants was greater at greater distances from the manure, whereas percentage cover of exotic plants was significantly higher next to the dung piles. The reported changes could be related to concentration gradients of nutrients liberated from the manure and/or to behaviour patterns of the horses, which may avoid grazing in the immediate surroundings of dung piles. These changes result in invasion windows facilitating the establishment and subsequent dispersal of exotic plant species in grasslands.
Fil: Zalba, Sergio Martin. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biologia, Bioquimica y Farmacia. Grupo de Estudios En Conservacion y Manejo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Loydi, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida(i); Argentina
description The effect of grazing by large herbivores on grassland communities has been extensively studied, however less is known about changes associated with sites of high-intensity activity, such as dust bowls, tracks, urine patches and dung piles, that might induce disproportionate impacts to the directly affected areas and the surrounding vegetation. This paper explores the changes associated with exotic feral horse dung piles in relicts of natural grasslands in Argentine Pampas. We expected greater changes in the composition of plant communities and a greater facilitation effect on the establishment of invasive alien plants adjacent to the dung piles. Characteristics of the vegetation surrounding dung piles were recorded in 10025 cm plots located 0–1.5 m from the edge of the piles. We compared the immediate surroundings with reference plots at 5 m. The diversity of plant species increased as distance from the edge increased from 0–1.5 m; however, species richness was significantly higher in the first meter next to dung piles than 5 m away. Percentage cover of bare ground decreased further from the dung piles at both scales. Percentage cover of woody plants was greater at greater distances from the manure, whereas percentage cover of exotic plants was significantly higher next to the dung piles. The reported changes could be related to concentration gradients of nutrients liberated from the manure and/or to behaviour patterns of the horses, which may avoid grazing in the immediate surroundings of dung piles. These changes result in invasion windows facilitating the establishment and subsequent dispersal of exotic plant species in grasslands.
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