Comparative Features of the Nutrition of the Przewalski Horse  Equus przewalskii , the Camel  Camelus bactrianus , and the Saiga  Saiga tatarica  on an Isolated Steppe Pasture

B. D. Abaturov; R. R. Dzhapova; V. D. Kazmin; E. Ch. Ajusheva; V. V. Dzhapova

doi:10.1134/S1062359019060037

Comparative Features of the Nutrition of the Przewalski Horse Equus przewalskii, the Camel Camelus bactrianus, and the Saiga Saiga tatarica on an Isolated Steppe Pasture

Authors: Abaturov B.D.¹, Dzhapova R.R.², Kazmin V.D.³, Ajusheva E.C.², Dzhapova V.V.²
Affiliations:
1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. Gorodovikov Kalmykian State University
3. Rostov State Nature Reserve
Issue: Vol 46, No 6 (2019)
Pages: 594-607
Section: Zoology
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1062-3590/article/view/183117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359019060037
ID: 183117

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The fodder resources, nutrition, and food supply of free-ranging Bactrian camels, Przewalski horses, and saigas on a fenced forb-grass steppe pasture are studied. The species composition of consumed plants, food selectivity, digestibility, and amount of consumed forage are estimated seasonally. All three species differ in all diet parameters.