The function of goat grazing in Doñana Natural Park
2011
A., Martín | J.M., Mancilla-Leytón | C., Parejo | R., Fernández-Alés | M.J., Leiva
From 2007, a project was carried out concerning the use of goat grazing to improve the understory shrub vegetation of the Doñana pine forest. To understand this plant-animal interaction, the evolution of the vegetation and the nature of the grazing were studied. This grazing, in addition to significantly reducing the shrub biomass with a consequent reduction in the risk of forest fire, has resulted in the improvement of pastures and an increase in the food available to wild herbivores. In this case, these herbivores include the rabbit, which is in turn prey for the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), the Iberian imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) and the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo), all of which breed within the study area. Moreover, grazing has contributed to the conservation of certain plant species, such as Thymus albicans, that are in danger of extinction.
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