Effects of livestock grazing on rodents in grassland ecosystems

doi:10.11686/cyxb2015587

Abstract

Abstract: Knowledge of how livestock grazing affects rodents is important if a solution to the problem of maintaining grassland biodiversity while controlling degradation resulting from rodent damage is to be found. This review summarizes the research on the effect of livestock grazing on rodents in China and other countries up to 2015. Soil physical and chemical properties are changed by both livestock trampling. Changes in vegetation affect rodent food resources and their abundance as do changes in plant nutrient content and secondary defense compounds; rodent predation risk is modulated by decreased vegetation height and structural complexity. The cascading effect of these changes alters rodent microhabitat, feeding behavior, distribution, reproduction and life history traits; this results in changes in the structure of rodent populations, population dynamics and its regulation process as well as community composition structure and biotic interactions leading the community succession. Future research should focus on the effect of grazing on the coupling mechanisms of grass-livestock-rodent interactions and the effects of different grazing systems on rodents. The objective should be to identify effective rodent management techniques to achieve sustainable management of grassland ecosystem.

SU Jun-Hu, NAN Zhi-Biao, JI Wei-Hong. Effects of livestock grazing on rodents in grassland ecosystems[J]. Acta Prataculturae Sinica, 2016, 25(11): 136-148.

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