{"id":11321,"date":"2026-04-29T15:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/?p=11321"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:16:21","slug":"les-bousiers-temoins-des-interactions-entre-elevage-et-reintroduction-des-grands-herbivores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/en\/les-bousiers-temoins-des-interactions-entre-elevage-et-reintroduction-des-grands-herbivores\/","title":{"rendered":"Dung beetles, evidence of the interaction between livestock farming and the reintroduction of large herbivores"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11321\" class=\"elementor elementor-11321\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-741013b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"741013b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b88d4c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b88d4c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bousiers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11323\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bousiers.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bousiers-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bousiers-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-018bbec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"018bbec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Europe, where livestock farming has largely replaced wild ungulates over the centuries, dung beetle communities have become highly dependent on domestic herbivore farming practices. They could therefore constitute <strong>good indicators of the impact of reintroducing large herbivores into ecosystems.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"901\">In a study carried out on three dry grasslands in the Causse M\u00e9jean (southern France), researchers compared dung beetle communities and the rate at which dung disappeared in systems grazed by three types of herbivore: a population of Przewalski's horses managed by natural selection, a herd of sheep and a herd of endurance horses.<\/p><p data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1372\">The results show significant differences in dung composition between herbivores, but an overall similar dung beetle community between sites. However, the structure of this community varies: burrowing dung beetles dominate everywhere, while rolling dung beetles are more abundant in domestic livestock systems, and sedentary dung beetles become more represented in Przewalski horse pastures.<\/p><p data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1689\">These differences could explain why sheep droppings decompose more quickly than horse droppings. They also highlight the close link between the history of sheep pastoralism and the dynamics of dung beetle communities in European semi-natural grasslands.<\/p><p data-start=\"1691\" data-end=\"1977\">This study, published in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0301479726012168?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1757\">Journal of Environmental Management<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/en\/annuaire\/clementine-mutillod\/\">Cl\u00e9mentine Mutillod<\/a>, William Perrin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/en\/annuaire\/elise-buisson\/\">\u00c9lise Buisson,<\/a> Laurent Tatin, Fran\u00e7ois Mesl\u00e9ard, Pierre Jay-Robert et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/en\/annuaire\/thierry-dutoit\/\">Thierry Dutoit<\/a>, highlights the importance of dung beetles as ecological indicators of grazing systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En Europe, o\u00f9 l&#8217;\u00e9levage a largement remplac\u00e9 les ongul\u00e9s sauvages au fil des si\u00e8cles, les communaut\u00e9s de bousiers sont devenues fortement d\u00e9pendantes des pratiques d&#8217;\u00e9levage d\u2019herbivores domestiques. 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