Effect of grazing in rangeland type biotopes bird fauna in area of Mount Menikio

The domestic and wild animals affect with various ways in the ecosystem and in the structural units with the intensity and the frequency of grazing, the season and the species of animal species. More specifically for the maintenance wild fauna of birds the effects are direct and indirect. The last one influence the populations of birds, mainly via the effect of domestic animals in the vegetation and in the availability of their food. In the present work are presented the results of repercussions of grazing of domestic animals for certain fauna of birds species constitute habitat from selected areas of grasslands and shrublands (protected or not), different edaphic of mount Menikio. The method of sampling was based on the specific measurements (point counts). The results of research have shown that from the total of measurements, fenced and free in the grazing area, only five (5) species of birds of Directive 79/409/EOK were recorded. The (Caprimuglus europaeus), (Melanocorypha calandra), the (Anthus campestris), the (Lanius collurio) and the (Emberiza hortulana) were the species with more frequency. The first preliminary conclusions showed no significant affective of grazing in the number of plant species and in the fauna of birds species.