Effects of progressive grazing of a pasture on the spatial distributions of herbage mass and utilization by cattle: A preliminary study

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 381-393

  Hirata, Masahiko ^a   Sato, Reiko ^a   Ogura, Shin Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herbage consumption; Ingestive behavior; Large herbivore; Patch selection; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; PASTURE; PATCH USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038377429     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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