Jäschke, Yun; Oyundelger, Khurelpurev; Munkhzul, Oyunbileg; Khaliun, Uuganjargal; Oyuntsetseg, Batlai; Phan, Thanh Noi; Lehnert, Lukas; Van Laere, Jonas; Gonchigsumlaa, Ganzorig; Damdindorj, Sugar; Kasymov, Ulan; Drees, Lukas; Dejid, Nandintsetseg; Mehring, Marion; Ritz, Christiane M.; Wesche, Karsten | 2026

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Methods

We conducted vegetation and herder household surveys at 11 study sites in the Eastern Mongolian steppe (275 vegetation plots and 249 herder households). These sites are classified into two groups with high and low human disturbance levels in terms of herder and livestock density, respectively. We (1) employed multivariate variation partitioning to investigate the relative importance of predictor groups macroclimate, soil chemistry, human disturbance and herder household mobility on plant species composition; (2) subsequently fitted generalized linear mixed models for evaluating effects of precipitation, grazing and herder household mobility on plant richness, vegetation cover and representation of palatable species. Moreover, we conducted indicator species analysis to identify plants indicating higher disturbance level.

Keywords

diversity herder household mobility human disturbance Mongolian eastern steppe palatability plant species composition rangeland health soil chemistry

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Yun Jäschke, Khurelpurev Oyundelger, Oyunbileg Munkhzul, Uuganjargal Khaliun, Batlai Oyuntsetseg, Thanh Noi Phan, Lukas Lehnert, Jonas Van Laere, Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, Sugar Damdindorj, Ulan Kasymov, Lukas Drees, Nandintsetseg Dejid, Marion Mehring, Christiane M. Ritz, Karsten Wesche (2026). Beyond Climate and Grazing: Impact of Herder Mobility on Steppe Vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science, 29. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.70077

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