Grazing and vigilance by Soay sheep on Lundy island: Influence of group size, terrain and the distribution of vegetation

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 186-193

  Hopewell, L ^a   Rossiter, R ^a   Blower, E ^a   Leaver, L ^a   Goto, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grazing; Group size; Sheep; Vegetation; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; GROUP SIZE; SHEEP; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VIGILANCE;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; SHEEP; TIME; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

DEVON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUNDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 23944457107     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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