Data from: Pyric herbivory in a temperate European wood-pasture system

SND-ID: 2024-28. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/zwe7-5w02

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Karin Amsten - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies

Dries P. J. Kuijper - Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences

Jenny M. Loberg - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare

Jens Jung - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare

Karin Amsten - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies

Dries P. J. Kuijper - Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences

Jenny M. Loberg - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare

Jens Jung - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare

My Strömgren - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Marcin Churski - Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences

Mats Niklasson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

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Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

Principal's reference number

SLU.ess.2024.4.4.IÄ-1

Description

The data is used in the study "Pyric herbivory in a temperate European wood-pasture system", in which we introduced fire and herbivory in a full-factorial experiment in a temperate European wood-pasture system to test if pyric herbivory operates in ways comparable to grassy systems elsewhere in the world. The dataset consists of data from photo traps describing the time in seconds per one-minute video that cattle performed a certain behavior and in which part of a study plot they were located, data on fuel height (cm) and fire cover (m2 and %) in each study plot and year, and data on species and life form cover (%) in each study plot in the end of the experiment.

Data contains personal data

Language

English

Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

2015-05-01 – 2020-09-30

Data format / data structure

Numeric

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Species and taxons

Bovidae
Tracheophytes

Data collection

Data collection 1

Mode of collection: Physical measurements and tests
Description of the mode of collection:
Measurement of fuel heights and fire cover.
Fuel height was measured by using a folding ruler to measure the height (cm) of the majority (80%) of the dry grass swards in nine evenly distributed points. These nine measurements was then avareaged to a mean for each plot.
Fire coverage was measured by a visual evaluation right after each burning took place and was measured in percent of the whole plot that was burned.
Time period(s) for data collection: 2015-04-01 – 2020-04-30
Data collector: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Data collection 2

Mode of collection: Field observation
Description of the mode of collection:
Inventory of plant species.
In two randomly chosen points in each plot, we put out a 45x60 cm quadrant and noted all herbaceous species and their coverage in percentage of the quadrants. To evaluate differences in vegetation structure among treatments further, we classified the species found according to the following plant life-forms: hemicryptophytes, phanerophytes (large shrubs and trees) and chamaephytes (dwarf shrubs, such as Vaccinium spp.). Hemicryptophytes were further subdivided into graminoids, forbs and ferns.
Time period(s) for data collection: 2015-04-01 – 2020-09-30
Data collector: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Data collection 3

Mode of collection: Field observation
Description of the mode of collection:
Data collection using camera traps.
The videos were analysed for both visitation (defined as the head located within the subplot boundaries) and grazing (defined as the head positioned close to the ground within the subplot boundaries). The total time in seconds spent by cattle on each activity (visitation and grazing) in each subplot (fire+herbivory and herbivory) per 1-minute video was recorded.
Time period(s) for data collection: 2015-05-01 – 2015-04-30
Data collector: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Västra Götaland County

Geographic description: The study was carried out in a western Swedish landscape.

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

Funding

Funding agency: Hasselblad Foundation

Topic and keywords

Research area

Ecology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Biological systematics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Cows, Vascular plants, Pyric herbivory, Cattle, Fire-herbivory interaction, Foraging behaviour, Grazing preference

Publications

Amsten, K., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Kuijper, D. P. J., Loberg, J. M., Jung, J., Strömgren, M., Niklasson, M., & Churski, M. (2024). Pyric herbivory in a temperate European wood-pasture system. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00, 1–14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14618

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