Consequences of variation in feeding behaviour for the probability of animals starting a meal as estimated from pooled data

Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-484

  Yeates, M P ^a   Tolkamp, B J ^a   Kyriazakis, I ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Feeding behaviour; Starting probability; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0346973567     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800054412     Document Type: Article

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