Social and environmental factors influence cattle distribution on rangeland

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 231-244

  Howery, Larry D ^a,b   Provenza, Frederick D ^a   Banner, Roger E ^a   Scott, Cody B ^a,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cross fostering; Grazing; Spacing behavior; Water

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; RANGELAND; RANGELAND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0031889125     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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