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| Title |
Impacts of feral horses on a desert environment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, November 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6785-9-22 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stacey D Ostermann-Kelm, Edward A Atwill, Esther S Rubin, Larry E Hendrickson, Walter M Boyce |
| Abstract |
Free-ranging horses (Equus caballus) in North America are considered to be feral animals since they are descendents of non-native domestic horses introduced to the continent. We conducted a study in a southern California desert to understand how feral horse movements and horse feces impacted this arid ecosystem. We evaluated five parameters susceptible to horse trampling: soil strength, vegetation cover, percent of nonnative vegetation, plant species diversity, and macroinvertebrate abundance. We also tested whether or not plant cover and species diversity were affected by the presence of horse feces. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 65 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 57 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 22% |
| Researcher | 11 | 17% |
| Professor | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 51% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 20% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 August 2022.
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#4,206,829
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#1,059
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#16,719
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#10
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