Food patch particularity and forging strategy of reintroduced Przewalski's horse in North Xinjiang, China

ZANG SEN; CAO QING; ALIMUJIANG KEREMU; LIU SHANHUI; ZHANG YONGJUN; HU DEFU

Makale detayları

Food patch particularity and forging strategy of reintroduced Przewalski's horse in North Xinjiang, China

Yazarlar:

ZANG SEN | CAO QING | ALIMUJIANG KEREMU | LIU SHANHUI | ZHANG YONGJUN | HU DEFU

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2017 Vol.41 Issue 5, pp.924-930

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000773927

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179

Özet:

 

In 2001, Przewalski's horse (Equus przewalskii) was reintroduced into a Eurasian desert-steppe transitional area in China. Recent studies of Przewalski's horse have not examined the relationship between food patches and the horse's feeding choice behavior. This study aimed to study the vegetation communities of the reintroduction area and combine this information with feeding time data to explore the foraging strategy of Przewalski's horse. A total of 588 vegetation patches were surveyed, which were divided into 27 vegetation clusters. All vegetation clusters could be divided into feeding clusters, which constituted 59.23% of the study area, and nonforaging clusters, which constituted 11.14%. The remaining 29.63% was bare ground. Based on the degree of use by Przewalski's horse, the vegetation clusters can be divided into high-, medium-, and poor-utilization groups. Among these, the average foraging time per unit area of the high-utilization group was 1.59 times that of the medium-utilization group and 23.68 times that of the poor-utilization group. Based on the results, we can conclude that in desert grassland with low primary productivity, the feeding strategy of Przewalski's horse is first to satisfy its energy demands and then its demand for quality food.

Makale detayları

Food patch particularity and forging strategy of reintroduced Przewalski's horse in North Xinjiang, China

Yazarlar: ZANG SEN | CAO QING | ALIMUJIANG KEREMU | LIU SHANHUI | ZHANG YONGJUN | HU DEFU

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Zoology 2017 Vol.41 Issue 5, pp.924-930

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000773927

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 1303-6114

pISSN: 1300-0179

Sayı

Yazarlar:

ZANG SEN | CAO QING | ALIMUJIANG KEREMU | LIU SHANHUI | ZHANG YONGJUN | HU DEFU

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2017 Vol.41 Issue 5, pp.924-930

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000773927

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179