Grazing in heterogeneous environments: Infra- and supra-parasite distributions determine herbivore grazing decisions

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 453-460

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

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging trade off; Herbivore; Parasite burden; Parasitism; Physiological state

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SWARD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036923428     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0971-z     Document Type: Article

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