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Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an Inner Mongolian steppe
Rodent damage is a serious threat to sustainable management of grassland. The effects of nitrogen (N) deposition and grassland management on rodent damage have been scarcely studied. Here, we reported the effects of 2 years of N addition and mowing on burrow density and damage area of Citellus dauri...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3949 |
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author | Liu, Yinzhan Ma, Gaigai Zan, Zhiman Chen, Anqun Miao, Yuan Wang, Dong Miao, Renhui |
author_facet | Liu, Yinzhan Ma, Gaigai Zan, Zhiman Chen, Anqun Miao, Yuan Wang, Dong Miao, Renhui |
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description | Rodent damage is a serious threat to sustainable management of grassland. The effects of nitrogen (N) deposition and grassland management on rodent damage have been scarcely studied. Here, we reported the effects of 2 years of N addition and mowing on burrow density and damage area of Citellus dauricus in a semiarid steppe in Inner Mongolia. N addition significantly aggravated, while mowing alleviated rodent damage in the grassland under study. Burrow density and damage area increased 2.8‐fold and 4.7‐fold, in N addition plots compared to the ambient N addition treatment, respectively. Conversely, mowing decreased burrow density and damage area by 75.9% and 14.5%, respectively, compared to no mowing plots. Observed changes in rodent damage were mainly due to variations in plant community cover, height, and aboveground net primary productivity. Our findings demonstrate that N addition and mowing can affect the rodent density and activity in grassland, suggesting that the effects of a changing atmospheric composition and land use on rodent damage must be considered in order to achieve better grassland management. |
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spelling | pubmed-59162792018-05-02 Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an Inner Mongolian steppe Liu, Yinzhan Ma, Gaigai Zan, Zhiman Chen, Anqun Miao, Yuan Wang, Dong Miao, Renhui Ecol Evol Original Research Rodent damage is a serious threat to sustainable management of grassland. The effects of nitrogen (N) deposition and grassland management on rodent damage have been scarcely studied. Here, we reported the effects of 2 years of N addition and mowing on burrow density and damage area of Citellus dauricus in a semiarid steppe in Inner Mongolia. N addition significantly aggravated, while mowing alleviated rodent damage in the grassland under study. Burrow density and damage area increased 2.8‐fold and 4.7‐fold, in N addition plots compared to the ambient N addition treatment, respectively. Conversely, mowing decreased burrow density and damage area by 75.9% and 14.5%, respectively, compared to no mowing plots. Observed changes in rodent damage were mainly due to variations in plant community cover, height, and aboveground net primary productivity. Our findings demonstrate that N addition and mowing can affect the rodent density and activity in grassland, suggesting that the effects of a changing atmospheric composition and land use on rodent damage must be considered in order to achieve better grassland management. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5916279/ /pubmed/29721268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3949 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Liu, Yinzhan Ma, Gaigai Zan, Zhiman Chen, Anqun Miao, Yuan Wang, Dong Miao, Renhui Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an Inner Mongolian steppe |
title | Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an Inner Mongolian steppe |
title_full | Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an Inner Mongolian steppe |
title_fullStr | Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an Inner Mongolian steppe |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an Inner Mongolian steppe |
title_short | Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an Inner Mongolian steppe |
title_sort | effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on rodent damage in an inner mongolian steppe |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3949 |
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