Claim · model-written summary
Ten large herbivore species were present on the game section.
- Taxon
- vegetatione0
- Interactor
- large herbivore speciese1herbivore
- Outcome
- presente1
- Value
- Tene1
- Setting
- game sectione1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionQualifier
Verbatim
e0“utilization of vegetation and animal biomass were compared on the 12 000 ha cattle section and 8 000 ha game section of Buffalo Range Ranch in south eastern Rhodesia”
e1“Ten large herbivore species were present on the game section”
Title
Comparisons of Vegetation Use and Herbivore Biomass on a Rhodesian Game and Cattle Ranch
R. D. Taylor; B. H. Walker Journal of Applied Ecology 1978. doi:10.2307/2402611
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Herbaceous vegetation utilization was higher on the game section (43%) than on the cattle section (28%).
- Intervention effect Total animal biomass was approximately the same on the game section as on the cattle section.
- Observation Twelve grass species were utilized by cattle at more than 10%.
- Observation Twenty grass species were utilized by game at more than 10%.
- Intervention effect Up to 20% of available browse was utilized by game, against 7-8% on the cattle section.
- Association Grazing by cattle was less area-specific than grazing by game animals.
- Association Game showed a wider choice of plant species than cattle.
- Observation Game and cattle both preferred the same herbaceous (grass) plants.
- Association Cover abundance, litter cover and grass height were greater on the cattle section.
- Association Soil capping, moribund grass and soil erosion were lower on the game section.
- Association Shrub density was higher on the cattle section.