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Browsing intensity of some Mediterranean plants by the European mouflon

Measurement of the damage to the holm oak (Quercus ilex), laurustinus (Viburnum tinus) and hawkweed oxtongue (Picris hieracioides) caused by the European mouflon browsing showed that there is a difference in the use of individual plant species. Most of the shoots of the holm oak and hawkweed oxtongue were browsed at the height of 42 cm, while the average height is significantly lower for laurustinus browsing: 16 cm for the main shoots and 22.6 cm for the twigs. A browse diameter is significantly larger in laurustinus (2.5 mm) than in a holm oak (1.9 mm) and hawkweed oxtongue (1.8 cm), indicating that mouflon browses more biomass from laurustinus than of other two species, which could endanger the laurustinus, and could lead to its disappearance from the natural habitat.

bite diameter, holm oak, laurustinus, hawkweed oxtongue

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