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Experimental Manipulation of Water Table and Grazing Pressure as a Tool for Developing and Maintaining Habitat Diversity for Waterbirds | |
Berend Voslamber2  J. Theo Vulink1  | |
[1] 1 Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst, P.O. Box 17, 8200 AA Lelystad, The Netherlands;1 Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst, P.O. Box 17, 8200 AA Lelystad, The Netherlands 2 present address: SOVON, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands | |
关键词: Habitat Restoration; | |
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学科分类:动物科学 | |
来源: Nederlandse Ornithologische Unie/Netherlands Ornithological Union | |
【 摘 要 】
TherelationshipbetweenreedPhragmitesaustraliscoverofditchesandhabitatusebymarshlandbirdswasstudiedinanexperimentalareaoftheOostvaardersplassennaturereserveinTheNetherlands.WatertableandgrazingbycattleandhorseshadanimportantimpactonthedevelopmentofP.australisinditchesandpools,resultinginthreedifferenttypesofhabitat:deepopenwater,shallowopenwaterandshallowwaterwithP.australisvegetation.Shallowwaterbodieswithareedcoveroflessthan10%weremostfrequentlyvisitedbyforagingEurasianSpoonbillPlatalealeucorodia,SmewMergellusalbellus,herons,ducks,wadersandrails.Breedinggrebesandmarshlandpasserines,however,preferredpartswithmorereedcover.Itisconcludedthatthecreationofshallowwaterbodies,togetherwithadjustedwatertablemanagementandgrazingpressurearesuitabletoolsforrestoringhabitatspreferredbymarshlandbirds.
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