Bite rates in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis): Effects of season, age, sex and reproductive status

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Ruckstuhl, K E ^a,b   Festa Bianchet, M ^a   Jorgenson, J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Natural Resources Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bite rate; Cropping rate; Foraging behaviour; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASON; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037489729     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0615-2     Document Type: Article

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