Resource partitioning between Caucasian chamois and domestic sheep in mountain pastures of the eastern Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia

References

Abaturov, BD, Gorbunov, SS, and Koshkina, AI (2021). Features of fodder vegetation as a possible cause of saiga die-offs on steppe pastures. Arid Ecosystems 11, 399–405.
| Features of fodder vegetation as a possible cause of saiga die-offs on steppe pastures.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Akaev BA, Ataev ZV, Gajiev BS (1996) ‘Physical geography of Daghestan.’ (School: Moscow, Russia)

Babaev, EA, Yarovenko, YA, and Nasrulaev, NI (2016). Features of the spatial structure of the population of the Caucasian chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra caucasica) in the Tlyaratinsky Sanctuary (Daghestan). Biological Bulletin 95, 1008–1116.

 Bassano B, Peracino V, Ferroglio E, Mussa PP (1997) Summer and winter diets of adult male Alpine chamois. Proceedings of the Second World Conference on Mountain Ungulates pp. 85–87. (Saint Vincent, Aosta, Italy)

Bestelmeyer, BT, Estell, RE, and Havstad, KM (2012). Big questions emerging from a century of rangeland science and management. Rangeland Ecology & Management 65, 543–544.
| Big questions emerging from a century of rangeland science and management.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Bhatnagar, YV, Wangchuk, R, Prins, HHT, Van Wieren, SE, and Mishra, C (2006). Perceived conflicts between pastoralism and conservation of the kiang Equus kiang in the Ladakh Trans-Himalaya, India. Environmental Management 38, 934–941.
| Perceived conflicts between pastoralism and conservation of the kiang Equus kiang in the Ladakh Trans-Himalaya, India.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Bibina, KV (2008). The state of the tur (Capra caucasica) and chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra caucasica) populations in the Caucasian Reserve. Proceedings of the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve 18, 1291–1335.

Chen, J, Shiyomi, M, Wuyunna, Y, Hori, A, and Yamamura, Y (2015). Vegetation and its spatial pattern analysis on salinized grasslands in the semiarid Inner Mongolia steppe. Grassland Science 61, 121–130.
| Vegetation and its spatial pattern analysis on salinized grasslands in the semiarid Inner Mongolia steppe.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Chirichella, R, Ciuti, S, and Apollonio, M (2013). Effects of livestock and non-native mouflon on use of high-elevation pastures by Alpine chamois. Mammalian Biology 78, 344–350.
| Effects of livestock and non-native mouflon on use of high-elevation pastures by Alpine chamois.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Darmon, G, Bourgoin, G, Marchand, P, Garel, M, Dubray, D, Jean-Michel, J, and Loison, A (2014). Do ecologically close species shift their daily activities when in sympatry? A test on chamois in the presence of mouflon. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111, 621–626.
| Do ecologically close species shift their daily activities when in sympatry? A test on chamois in the presence of mouflon.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Di Marco, M, Boitani, L, Mallon, D, Hoffmann, M, Iacucci, A, Meijaard, E, Visconti, P, Schipper, J, and Rondinini, C (2014). A retrospective evaluation of the global decline of carnivores and ungulates. Conservation Biology 28, 1109–1118.
| A retrospective evaluation of the global decline of carnivores and ungulates.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Duben, AV (1985). The number and structure of the chamois population in relation to some environmental factors. Proceedings of the Caucasian State Reserve 34, 31–49.

Espunyes, J, Bartolomé, J, Garel, M, Gálvez-Cerón, A, Fernández Aguilar, X, Colom-Cadena, A, Calleja, JA, Gassó, D, Jarque, L, Lavín, S, Marco, I, and Serrano, E (2019). Seasonal diet composition of Pyrenean chamois is mainly shaped by primary production waves. PLoS One 14, e0210819.
| Seasonal diet composition of Pyrenean chamois is mainly shaped by primary production waves.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Fankhauser R (2004) Competition between domestic and wild ungulates: do sheep affect habitat use of chamois? PhD thesis, Lic. Phil. Nat., University of Berne, Switzerland.

Federal State Statistic Service (2021) Socio-economic situation of the Republic of Daghestan for 2021. Available at https://gks.ru/region/docl1182/Main.htm [accessed 5 May 2021].

Ferretti, F, Corazza, M, Campana, I, Pietrocini, V, Brunetti, C, Scornavacca, D, and Lovari, S (2015). Competition between wild herbivores: reintroduced red deer and Apennine chamois. Behavioral Ecology 26, 550–559.
| Competition between wild herbivores: reintroduced red deer and Apennine chamois.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Galt, D, Molinar, F, Navarro, J, Joseph, J, and Holechek, JL (2000). Grazing capacity and stocking rate. Rangelands 22, 7–11.
| Grazing capacity and stocking rate.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Garcia-Gonzalez, R, and Cuartas, P (1996). Trophic utilization of a montane/subalpine forest by chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) in the Central Pyrenees. Forest Ecology and Management 88, 15–23.
| Trophic utilization of a montane/subalpine forest by chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) in the Central Pyrenees.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Goosey, HB, Smith, JT, O’Neill, KM, and Naugle, DE (2019). Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Community Response to Livestock Grazing: Implications for Avian Conservation. Environmental Entomology 48, 856–866.
| Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Community Response to Livestock Grazing: Implications for Avian Conservation.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Graham, MD, Douglas-Hamilton, I, Adams, WM, and Lee, PC (2009). The movement of African elephants in a human-dominated land-use mosaic. Animal Conservation 12, 445–455.
| The movement of African elephants in a human-dominated land-use mosaic.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

HernÄndez, F, Corcoran, D, Graells, G, RÕos, C, and Downey, MC (2017). Rancher perspectives of a livestock–wildlife conflict in Southern Chile. Rangelands 39, 56–63.
| Rancher perspectives of a livestock–wildlife conflict in Southern Chile.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Hofmann, RR (1989). Evolutionary steps of ecophysiological adaptation and diversification of ruminants: a comparative view of their digestive system. Oecologia 78, 443–457.
| Evolutionary steps of ecophysiological adaptation and diversification of ruminants: a comparative view of their digestive system.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Ivlev VS (1955) ‘Experimental ecology of the feeding of fishes.’ (Pishepromizdat: Moscow, USSR)

Kharchenko, NN, Semenov, UA, and Voronin, NY (2015). Value of mineral nutrition in the life of Caucasian chamois in the Sochi National Park. Forestry Journal 5, 130–142.

Kinga, GW, Mironga, J, and Odadi, WO (2018). Analysis of the Spatial Relationship between Cattle and Wild Ungulates across Different Land-Use Systems in a Tropical Savanna Landscape. International Journal of Ecology 2018, 2072617.
| Analysis of the Spatial Relationship between Cattle and Wild Ungulates across Different Land-Use Systems in a Tropical Savanna Landscape.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Klenovsek, T, Novak, T, and Cas, M (2013). Feeding ecology of three sympatric Sorex shrew species in montane forests of Slovenia. Folia Zool. 62, 193–199.
| Feeding ecology of three sympatric Sorex shrew species in montane forests of Slovenia.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Komac, B, Pladevall, C, Domènech, M, and Fanlo, R (2015). Functional diversity and grazing intensity in sub-alpine and alpine grasslands in Andorra. Applied Vegetation Science 18, 75–85.
| Functional diversity and grazing intensity in sub-alpine and alpine grasslands in Andorra.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Kozena, I (1986). Further data on the winter diet of the chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra, in the Jeseniky mountains. Folia Zoologica 35, 207–214.

La Morgia, V, and Bassano, B (2009). Feeding habits, forage selection, and diet overlap in Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra L.) and domestic sheep. Ecological Research 24, 1043–1050.
| Feeding habits, forage selection, and diet overlap in Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra L.) and domestic sheep.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Lepekhina AA (1977) Biology of plant species and characteristics of communities of Dagestan in terms of the rational use of plant resources.

Lepekhina AA (1996) Vegetation. In ‘Physical geography of Daghestan’. (School: Moscow, Russia)

Levins R (1968) ‘Evolution in changing environments.’ (Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, USA)

Magomedov, MSh (2017). Analysis of the nutrition of murine rodents in the foothill zone of the Republic of Daghestan (microhistological cuticular-scatological method). Zoological Journal 96, 581–588.

Magomedov, MSh (2021). Microhabitat partitioning in a rodent community in the arid conditions of the south-western Caspian Lowland. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 70, 1–11.
| Microhabitat partitioning in a rodent community in the arid conditions of the south-western Caspian Lowland.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Maleko, DD, Mbassa, GN, Maanga, WF, and Sisya, ES (2012). Impacts of wildlife-livestock interactions in and around Arusha National Park, Tanzania. Current Research. Journal of Biological Sciences 4, 471–476.

Mason, THE, Apollonio, M, Chirichella, R, Willis, SG, and Stephens, PA (2014). Environmental change and long-term body mass declines in an alpine mammal. Frontiers in Zoology 11, 69.
| Environmental change and long-term body mass declines in an alpine mammal.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Mattiello, S, Redaelli, W, Carenzi, C, and Crimella, C (2002). Effect of dairy cattle husbandry on behavioural patterns of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in the Italian Alps. Appl Anim Behav Sci 79, 299–310.
| Effect of dairy cattle husbandry on behavioural patterns of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in the Italian Alps.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Michalk, DL, Kemp, DR, Badgery, WB, Wu, J, Zhang, Y, and Thomassin, PJ (2019). Sustainability and future food security: a global perspective for livestock production. Land Degradation & Development 30, 561–573.
| Sustainability and future food security: a global perspective for livestock production.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Neronov, VV, and Alexandrov, DY (2004). Specific features of semi-desert habitats using by midday gerbil (Meriones meridianus Pallas, 1773) and tamarisk gerbil (M. tamariscinus Pallas, 1773) in the South of Kalmykia. Povolz. Ecol. Z 1, 69–78.

Niu, K, He, J, Zhang, S, and Lechowicz, MJ (2016). Tradeoffs between forage quality and soil fertility: lessons from Himalayan rangelands. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 234, 31–39.
| Tradeoffs between forage quality and soil fertility: lessons from Himalayan rangelands.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Orbtel, R, Holisova, V, and Kozena, I (1984). Winter diet of chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra, in the Jeseniky Mountains. Folia Zoologica 35, 207–214.

Pépin D, N’Da L (1991) Spatial and temporal relationships between sheep and a protected population of Isards (Rupicapra pyrenaica) during daytime in summer. In ‘Proceedings of the international symposium’. Ongules/Ungulates 91. Toulouse, France. pp. 331–333.

Pianka ER (1981) ‘Evolutionary ecology.’ (Mir: Moscow, USSR)

QGIS Development Team (2016) QGIS geographic information system. Available at https://qgis.org/ [accessed 2 June 2015].

Rebollo, S, Robles, L, and Gómez-Sal, A (1993). The influence of livestock management on land use competition between domestic and wild ungulates: sheep and chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica parva Cabrera in the Cantabrian range. Pirineos 141–142, 47–62.
| The influence of livestock management on land use competition between domestic and wild ungulates: sheep and chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica parva Cabrera in the Cantabrian range.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Redjadj, C, Darmon, G, Maillard, D, Chevrier, T, Bastianelli, D, Verheyden, H, Loison, A, and Saïd, S (2014). Intra- and Interspecific Differences in Diet Quality and Composition in a Large Herbivore Community. PLoS ONE 9, e84756.
| Intra- and Interspecific Differences in Diet Quality and Composition in a Large Herbivore Community.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Ripple, WJ, Newsome, TM, Wolf, C, Dirzo, R, Everatt, KT, Galetti, M, Hayward, MW, Kerley, GIH, Levi, T, Lindsey, PA, Macdonald, DW, Malhi, Y, Painter, LE, Sandom, CJ, Terborgh, J, and Van Valkenburgh, B (2015). Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores. Science Advances 1, e1400103.
| Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Rogovin, KA, and Shenbrot, GI (1993). Structural aspects of organization of terrestrial vertebrate communities on the example of desert rodents of Mongolia. Progresses of Modern Biology 113, 198–222.

Romashin AV (2001) Ecological-population analysis of high-mountain ungulates in the Western Caucasus and their rational use. PhD Thesis, Kuban State Agricultural University, Sochi, Russia.

Rüttimann, S, Giacometti, M, and McElligott, AG (2008). Effect of domestic sheep on chamois activity, distribution and abundance on sub-alpine pastures. European Journal of Wildlife Research 54, 110–116.
| Effect of domestic sheep on chamois activity, distribution and abundance on sub-alpine pastures.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Schoener, TW (1974). Resource partitioning in ecological communities. Science 185, 27–39.
| Resource partitioning in ecological communities.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Shenbrot, G, and Krasnov, B (2004). Temporal dynamics in spatial organization of a rodent community in the Negev Highlands (Israel). Journal of Zoology 263, 207–218.
| Temporal dynamics in spatial organization of a rodent community in the Negev Highlands (Israel).Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Soofi, M, Ghoddousi, A, Zeppenfeld, T, Shokri, S, Soufi, M, Jafari, A, Ahmadpour, M, Qashqaei, AT, Egli, L, Ghadirian, T, Chahartaghi, NR, Zehzad, B, Kiabi, BH, Khorozyan, I, Balkenhol, N, and Waltert, M (2018). Livestock grazing in protected areas and its effects on large mammals in the Hyrcanian forest, Iran. Biological Conservation 217, 377–382.
| Livestock grazing in protected areas and its effects on large mammals in the Hyrcanian forest, Iran.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Trutmann C (2009) Diet composition of alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra L.): Is there evidence for forage competition to the alpine ibex (Capra ibex L.)? PhD Thesis, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Wen, L, Dong, S, Li, Y, Li, X, Shi, J, Wang, Y, Liu, D, and Ma, Y (2013). Effect of degradation intensity on grassland ecosystem services in the alpine region of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. PLoS One 8, e58432.
| Effect of degradation intensity on grassland ecosystem services in the alpine region of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Yockney, IJ, and Hickling, GJ (2000). Distribution and diet of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in Westland forests, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 24, 31–38.

Zheng, Z, Feng, C, Ye, S, Diao, Z, and Lu, S (2015). Ecological pressures on grassland ecosystems and their conservation strategies in northern China. Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment 13, 87–91.
| Ecological pressures on grassland ecosystems and their conservation strategies in northern China.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |