An automatic system to record foraging behaviour in free-ranging ruminants

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 185-195

  Rutter, S M ^a   Champion, R A ^a   Penning, P D ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic recording; Grazing behaviour

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GRAZING; MONITORING TECHNIQUE; SHEEP;

OVIA AIRES;

EID: 0030733796     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01191-4     Document Type: Article

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