Diet selection in dairy goats grazing woody Mediterranean rangeland

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 117-131

  Perevolotsky, A ^a   Landau, S ^a   Kababia, D ^b   Ungar, E D ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Feeding and nutrition; Goat; Mediterranean ecosystems; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

DIET SELECTION; GOAT; GRAZING BEHAVIOUR;

ISRAEL; JERUSALEM HILLS;

CALICOTOME VILLOSA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; QUERCUS CALLIPRINOS; SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 0031947742     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00120-2     Document Type: Article

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