Preferences of sheep grazing down conterminal monocultures of Lolium perenne-Festuca arundinacea: Test of an energy intake rate maximisation hypothesis using the short-term double weighing technique

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 97, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 206-220

  Prache, Sophie ^a   Damasceno, Julio Cesar ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Intake rate; Optimal foraging; Preference; Selection

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; LEAF; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645913004     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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