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ANIMALS  
Impact of domestic livestock

Learning Objectives

 

   You will ...

  

   You will learn ...

  • compare the history of livestock management for various alpine regions of the world
     
  • learn about the mechanical impact of livestock animals on the ecosystem
     
  • assign some consequences to different management practices
     
 

  • special features of various livestock animals
     
  • the ecological consequences of livestock management
     

   You will understand ...

  

   You will be able to ...

  • the role of domestic livestock for turnover and redistribution of nutrients in ecosystems
     
  • the influence of livestock management on a variety of alpine plant communities
     
  

  • explain the role of livestock management for nutrient budget and community composition
     
  • predict the consequences of changed management (extensivation and intensification) for the alpine environment
     

 

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29 August 2011
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