Grazing and browsing times of goats with three levels of herbage allowance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-339

  Orihuela, A ^a   Solano, J J ^a  

^a Dir Gen Educacion Tecnologica A   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Browsing; Diet selection; Goats; Grazing; Utilization patterns

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; UNGULATE;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 0033611484     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00198-1     Document Type: Article

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