NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY OF THE CRETAN AGRIMI (CAPRA AEGAGRUS CRETENSIS), EUROPEAN MOUFLON (OVIS ORIENTALIS MUSIMON) AND RABBIT (ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS) AND EFFECTSOF GRAZING ON ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS

Abstract

A STUDY CONDUCTED ON FOUR ISLANDS WITH DIFFERENT GRAZING HISTORY IN THE GULF OFATALANDI (N.EUBOEAN GULF). ALSO IT IS EVALUATED THE EFFECTS OF GRAZING ON ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THE THREE ANIMAL SPECIES PREFERRED MAINLY SHRUBS. THEY ALSO CONSUMED PHRYGANA AND HERBAGE. WHEN HERBAGE WAS ABUNDANT, MOUFLON AND RABBITS PREFERRED STRONGLY IT. ON ATALANTI ISLAND EXIST 1840 RABBITS WHICH COMPETE FOR FOOD WITH THE OTHER SPECIES. THE SAME IS TRUTH FOR MOUFLON IN RELATION TO THE CRETAN AGRIMI. HERBIVORES' GRAZING NEGATIVELY THE COMPOSITION, COVER AND PRODUCTIVITY OF THE VEGETATION AND STRUCTURE AND FERTILITY OF THE SOIL IF HERBIVORES' POPULATION IS HIGHER THAN THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF EACH ISLAND. IT IS PROPOSED THE EXTERMINATION OF RABBITS FROM ATALANDI ISLAND AND CONSERVATION ON IT ONLY AGRIMI BUT NO MORE THAN 180 INDIVIDUALS.

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DOI
10.12681/eadd/2010
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/2010
ND
2010
Alternative title
ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΡΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΓΡΟΥ (CAPRA AEGAGRUS CRETENSIS), ΑΓΡΙΟΠΡΟΒΑΤΟΥ (OVIS ORIENTALIS MUSIMON) ΚΑΙ ΑΓΡΙΟΚΟΥΝΕΛΟΥ (ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS) ΣΕ ΝΗΣΙΩΤΙΚΑ ΟΙΚΟΣΥ...
Author
Σφουγγάρης, Αθανάσιος
Date
1991
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
ΠΑΠΑΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ
ΑΛΗΦΑΚΙΩΤΗΣ ΘΩΜΑΣ
ΝΑΣΤΗΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΟΣ
ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑΔΗΣ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ
ΠΑΠΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΗΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΣ
Discipline
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Keywords
CRETAN AGRIMI; Grazing; ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS; MOUFLON; Nutrition; Rabbits; WILDLIFE ECOLOGY
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
310 σ.
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