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Habitat quality and the performance of large herbivores

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Grazing and Conservation Management

Part of the book series: Conservation Biology Series ((COBI,volume 11))

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The provision of habitat of sufficient quality for wildlife or free-ranging herbivores is an essential step in both wildlife and range management. It is well known that quality differences between areas or habitat types affect the performance of animals. In poor ranges wildlife populations are often said to be limited by environmental conditions. Such a claim necessitates a good definition of the word ‘limiting’ and of the nature of the limitation. Here, limiting is used as in the definition of limiting factor: ‘the environmental factor that is of predominant importance in restricting the size of a population’ (Webster’s 3rd New International Dictionary,1981). The quality of a certain habitat can now be described as a function of one or several limiting factors acting upon a population.

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