In Europe, livestock herds have largely replaced wild herbivores. This change affects all grazed ecosystems. To measure it, a study compared the fate of ewes', domestic horses' and wild horses' dejections on the same territory in Lozère. Bush insects interacted with all these different dejections, but not in the same way or with the same consequences for ecosystems.
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In Europe, livestock herds have largely replaced wild herbivores. This change affects all grazed ecosystems. To measure it, a study compared the fate of ewes', domestic horses' and wild horses' dejections on the same territory in Lozère. Bush insects interacted with all these different dejections, but not in the same way or with the same consequences for ecosystems.