"1932-6203" . "96393" . "RIV/60460709:41330/13:60684!RIV14-MSM-41330___" . . . "Plant Trait Assembly Affects Superiority of Grazer\u2019s Foraging Strategies in Species-Rich Grasslands"@en . "Plant Trait Assembly Affects Superiority of Grazer\u2019s Foraging Strategies in Species-Rich Grasslands"@en . "Dvorsk\u00FD, Miroslav" . . . "De Bello, Francesco" . . "[EC6BEA4232B5]" . "Duchoslav, Martin" . "9"^^ . . "Ml\u00E1dkov\u00E1, Pavla" . . . "000322838900085" . "LEAF TRAITS, MATURATION HYPOTHESIS, FUNCTIONAL TRAITS, SWARD STRUCTURE, NUTRITIVE-VALUE, SHEEP, SELECTION, QUALITY, PASTURE, BIOMASS"@en . "Pakeman, Robin" . . . . "Plant Trait Assembly Affects Superiority of Grazer\u2019s Foraging Strategies in Species-Rich Grasslands" . . . "8" . . . "3"^^ . "Hejcmanov\u00E1, Pavla" . . . "Hejcman, Michal" . "Current plant \u2013 herbivore interaction models and experiments with mammalian herbivores grazing plant monocultures show the superiority of a maximizing forage quality strategy (MFQ) over a maximizing intake strategy (MI). However, there is a lack of evidence whether grazers comply with the model predictions under field conditions. We assessed diet selection of sheep (Ovis aries) using plant functional traits in productive mesic vs.low-productivity dry species-rich grasslands dominated by resource-exploitative vs. resource-conservative species respectively. Each grassland type was studied in two replicates for two years. We investigated the first grazing cycle in a set of 288 plots with a diameter of 30 cm, i.e. the size of sheep feeding station. In mesic grasslands, high plot defoliation was associated with community weighted means of leaf traits referring to high forage quality, i.e. low leaf dry matter content(LDMC) and high specific leaf area (SLA), with a high proportion of legumes and the most w"@en . . "I, P(SP/2D3/179/07), S" . . "Plant Trait Assembly Affects Superiority of Grazer\u2019s Foraging Strategies in Species-Rich Grasslands" . . . "PLoS One" . "RIV/60460709:41330/13:60684" . . . "Current plant \u2013 herbivore interaction models and experiments with mammalian herbivores grazing plant monocultures show the superiority of a maximizing forage quality strategy (MFQ) over a maximizing intake strategy (MI). However, there is a lack of evidence whether grazers comply with the model predictions under field conditions. We assessed diet selection of sheep (Ovis aries) using plant functional traits in productive mesic vs.low-productivity dry species-rich grasslands dominated by resource-exploitative vs. resource-conservative species respectively. Each grassland type was studied in two replicates for two years. We investigated the first grazing cycle in a set of 288 plots with a diameter of 30 cm, i.e. the size of sheep feeding station. In mesic grasslands, high plot defoliation was associated with community weighted means of leaf traits referring to high forage quality, i.e. low leaf dry matter content(LDMC) and high specific leaf area (SLA), with a high proportion of legumes and the most w" . . "Ml\u00E1dek, Jan" . . . . "US - Spojen\u00E9 st\u00E1ty americk\u00E9" . "Pavl\u016F, Vil\u00E9m" . "7" . "41330" . "8"^^ .