The herbivores' dilemma: Trade-offs between nutrition and parasitism in foraging decisions

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 242-251

  Hutchings, Michael R ^a   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a   Papachristou, Thomas G ^b   Gordon, Iain J ^c   Jackson, Frank ^d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet selection; Feeding motivation; Grazing; Parasitism; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; NUTRITION; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PARASITISM; TRADE-OFF;

NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0033883855     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000367     Document Type: Article

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