Response of foraging sheep to variability in the spatial distribution of resources

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1069-1076

  Hewitson, Lindsey ^a,d   Dumont, Bertrand ^b   Gordon, Iain J ^a,c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; MEMORY; SHEEP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 17844370274     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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