Daily intake and the selection of feeding sites by horses in heterogeneous wet grasslands

Animal Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-156

  Fleurance, Géraldine ^a,b   Duncan, Patrick ^a   Mallevaud, Bruno ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Stn Expérimentale des Haras   (France)

^c Parc Interregional du Marais P   (France)

Author keywords

Grassland; Heterogeneity; Horse; Intake; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008676228     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2001123     Document Type: Article

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