Effects of large herbivore grazing on relics of the presumed mammoth steppe in the extreme climate of NE-Siberia

Abstract The Siberian mammoth steppe ecosystem changed dramatically with the disappearance of large grazers in the Holocene. The concept of Pleistocene rewilding is based on the idea that large herbivore grazing significantly alters plant communities and can be employed to recreate lost ecosystems....

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Main Authors: Jennifer Reinecke, Kseniia Ashastina, Frank Kienast, Elena Troeva, Karsten Wesche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92079-1