Managing open habitats for species conservation [Elektronische Ressource] : the role of wild ungulate grazing, small-scale disturbances, and scale / Okka Tschöpe

Game preserve „Glauer Tal“ Managing open habitats for species conservation: the role of wild ungulate grazing, small-scale disturbances, and scale Institut für Biochemie und Biologie Arbeitsgruppe Ökoethologie Managing open habitats for species conservation: the role of wild ungulate grazing, small-scale disturbances, and scale Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades "doctor rerum naturalium" (Dr. rer. nat.) in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin Ökologie eingereicht an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam von Okka Tschöpe Potsdam, den 15.01.2007 Table of contents Abstract ........................................................................................................ 1 Zusammenfassung .......................................................................................... 4 Synopsis 7 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 7 2. Thesis objectives and organization..................................................................................... 10 3. Key Results......................................................................................................................... 10 4. Discussion 12 5. Overall conclusions..............................................................................