Trade-offs between social behaviour and foraging by sheep in heterogeneous pastures

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Sibbald, A M ^a   Hooper, R J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Patch; Sheep; Social behaviour; Spacing; Trade off

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASTURE; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACING; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037469888     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(02)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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