Sheep avoidance of faeces-contaminated patches leads to a trade-off between intake rate of forage and parasitism in subsequent foraging decisions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 955-964

  Hutchings, Michael R ^a   Gordon, Iain J ^b   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a   Jackson, Frank ^c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; NUTRITION; PARASITISM; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0035659045     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1837     Document Type: Article

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