Spatial memory of sheep at pasture

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-53

  Dumont, B ^a   Petit, M ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding and nutrition; Feeding site selection; Parcel size; Sheep; Site value; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; PASTURE; SHEEP; SPATIAL COGNITION;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032192185     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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