The effect of gerbils (Tatera brantsii)
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Horst Korn; Ursula Korn
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Article
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1989
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Due to burrowing activity and selective feeding, the highveld gerbil, Tatera brantsii A. Smith, has a great influnce on grassland vegetation. Within old colonies, in comparison to control sites, total biomass of plants was reduced by 47.6% from an average of 234.0 g/m to 122.6 g/m. Root biomass was