Plant quality and harvest in old meadows grazed by reindeer in spring

Eilertsen, Svein; Schjelderup, I.; Mathiesen, Svein D.

doi:10.1002/1097-0010(200002)80:3<329::aid-jsfa528>3.0.co;2-6

Cited by 6 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In late summer the grazed vegetation had a high¬ er protein content than the ungrazed vegetation (Eilertsen et al, 2000). In recovered leaves of previ¬ ously grazed vegetation the protein content and digestibility were both high in comparison with ungrazed plants at the flowering stage.…”

Section: Dynamic Change In the Vegetation In Response To Grazingmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Animals were released at equal phenological plant stages, immediately after the snow had disappeared from the fence and as soon as plant growth had started (Eilertsen et al, 1999;2000).…”

Section: Animalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In spring and summer, herbs make up a consider¬ able part of the diet for sheep and reindeer when they are available in the pasture (Gaare & Skogland, 1975;White et al, 1975;Skogland, 1980;Garmo & Skurdal, 1989;Mathiesen et al, 1999;2000 (Bowns & Bagley, 1986;Haggstrom, 1990), and rare species could be extinguished (Augustine et al , 1998). By the end of the grazing experiment, a few grass species were dominant, indicating that herbs seem to be inten¬ sively grazed by reindeer on the coastal meadows in northern Norway in spring.…”

Section: Dynamic Change In the Vegetation In Response To Grazingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such areas may subsequently be deer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) migrate in late colonised by trees, and thus transformed into shrub winter from inland pastures to the coast, peninsu-lands (Gibson et al, 1987a;Harrison, 1976; las and islands (Paine, 1994) where they graze on Mitchell et al, 1997). During the spring and early grasses, herbs, trees and woody bushes during the summer, coastal meadows in early successional summer (Gaare & Skogland, 1975;Skogland, stages dominated by grass and herbs are charac-1980;Mathiesen et al, 1999;2000). When they terised by a high protein content (crude protein as reach the islands, they start grazing at sea level and high as 30% of dry matter (DM)) and easily follow the young vegetation close to the snow digestible water-soluble carbohydrates (26% DM) melt-line up to the mountain pastures.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When they terised by a high protein content (crude protein as reach the islands, they start grazing at sea level and high as 30% of dry matter (DM)) and easily follow the young vegetation close to the snow digestible water-soluble carbohydrates (26% DM) melt-line up to the mountain pastures. In North- (Eilertsen et al, 2000). Reindeer may consume as Norway (the counties of Nordland, Troms and much as 131 g DM/kg body mass 0 75 per day of Finnmark) 25% of former farmland has been abantheir dietary plants on such coastal meadows doned between 1959 and 1997 (Central Bureau of (Eilertsen et al, 1999) in order to increase their Statistics, 1960;, much of this land being in body protein (Eilertsen et al, 2001).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Early season grazing effects on birch, grass, herbs and plant litter in coastal meadows used by reindeer: a short-term case study

Eilertsen¹,

Schjelderup²,

Mathiesen³

2002

Ran

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:The effects of short-term grazing by reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) on birch (Betula pubescens), grasses, herbs and plant litter in coastal meadows in spring were investigated in grazed and control plots in 1996 and 1997. The meadow contained 29 different plant species, all but one of which (Deschampsia caespitosa) were intensively grazed by reindeer. Young birch eaten by reindeer did not increase in mean height (9 cm), while birch protected from grazing grew from 9 to 22 cm (P<0.05) during the two years of the experiment. The ratio of grasses to herbs was higher (P<0.05) in the grazed plots than in the control plots, and the relative abundace of grasses increased during the summer in both years. The abundance of Rumex asetosa and Alchemilla subcrenata decreased (P<0.05) in response to grazing. From spring 1996, plant litter increased (P<0.05) on the control plots until the investigation came to an end in spring 1998, unlike grazed vegetation. Reindeer affects the coastal meadows in northern Norway in spring by brows¬ ing on birch and grazing on herbs and grass which in the long term might influence the cultural landscape in favour of the growth of grass species.

show abstract

Section: Dynamic Change In the Vegetation In Response To Grazingmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Animals were released at equal phenological plant stages, immediately after the snow had disappeared from the fence and as soon as plant growth had started (Eilertsen et al, 1999;2000).…”

Section: Animalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dynamic Change In the Vegetation In Response To Grazingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Early season grazing effects on birch, grass, herbs and plant litter in coastal meadows used by reindeer: a short-term case study

Eilertsen¹,

Schjelderup²,

Mathiesen³

2002

Ran

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Forage yield and cattle carrying capacity differ by understory type in conifer forest gaps

et al. 2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Utilization of nitrogen- and mineral-rich vascular forage plants by reindeer in winter

et al. 2002

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The marginal winter pastures of reindeer and caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Arctic and sub-Arctic areas are assumed to be nitrogen-and mineral-poor. Reindeer eat a mixed diet consisting of nitrogendeficient lichens and a wide variety of vascular plants in winter. Some reindeer populations manage to maintain carcass mass outside the growing season and very little is known about the ability of reindeer to utilize vascular plants in this season. The chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of 17 species of vascular forage plants and one species of moss collected mid-winter from beneath the snow at an inland winter pasture in northern Norway were determined. Wintergreen parts of graminoids had a high content of crude protein (0n072-0n108 g\kg dry matter (DM)) and watersoluble carbohydrates (0n098-0n167 g\kg DM) and were highly digestible (50-65 % IVDMD) compared with the withered parts of the plants (27-53 % IVDMD). The digestibility of both shrubs and graminoids was inversely related to content of cellulose and lignin, but positively correlated with increasing contents of water-soluble carbohydrates. Shrubs were relatively calcium-rich (3n6-6n1 g\kg DM) while wintergreen graminoids contained up to 10n0 g\kg DM of potassium, 1n5 g\kg DM magnesium and 2n1 g\kg DM phosphorus. The present study demonstrates that the wintergreen parts of several species of vascular plants are nutritious, containing high levels of nitrogen and minerals, and that they are highly digestible to reindeer in winter. Vascular plants may, therefore, be more important to reindeer and caribou in winter than previously realized.

show abstract

Plant quality and harvest in old meadows grazed by reindeer in spring

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

Early season grazing effects on birch, grass, herbs and plant litter in coastal meadows used by reindeer: a short-term case study

Early season grazing effects on birch, grass, herbs and plant litter in coastal meadows used by reindeer: a short-term case study

Forage yield and cattle carrying capacity differ by understory type in conifer forest gaps

Utilization of nitrogen- and mineral-rich vascular forage plants by reindeer in winter

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About