TABLE 3.
Community composition.
| Functional traits | Species | Number of individuals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grazing‐prohibition | Overgrazing | Grazing‐prohibition | Overgrazing | |
| HB | Orientallactaga sibirica, Stylodipus andrewsi, Dipus sagitta, Spermophilus alaschanicus | D. sagitta | 113 | 187 |
| N‐HB | Meriones meridianus, Phodopus roborovskii, Cricetulus eversmanni | M. meridianus, P. roborovskii, C. eversmanni | 57 | 175 |
| OI | M. meridianus, D. sagitta, C. eversmanni, S. alaschanicus | M. meridianus, D. sagitta, C. eversmanni | 54 | 267 |
| PT | O. sibirica, S. andrewsi, P. roborovskii | P. roborovskii | 135 | 95 |
| QP | M. meridianus, P. roborovskii, S. alaschanicus, C. eversmanni | M. meridianus, P. roborovskii, C. eversmanni | 59 | 175 |
| BP | O. sibirica, D. sagitta, S. andrewsi | D. sagitta | 111 | 187 |
| NT | M. meridianus, O. sibirica, D. sagitta, S. andrewsi, P. roborovskii, C. eversmanni | M. meridianus, C. eversmanni, P. roborovskii, D. sagitta | 188 | 362 |
| DR | S. alaschanicus | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | S. andrewsi, D. sagitta, S. alaschanicus | D. sagitta | 20 | 187 |
| 2 | M. meridianus, O. sibirica, C. eversmanni, P. roborovskii | M. meridianus, C. eversmanni, P. roborovskii | 170 | 180 |
Note: 1: Generation/year, 2: multigeneration/year.
Abbreviations: BP, bipedal; DR, diurnal; HB, hibernation; N‐HB, non‐hibernation; NT, nocturnal; OI, omnivorous; PT, phytophagous; QP, quadrupedal.