A test for measuring individual variation in how far grazing animals will move away from a social group to feed

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 89-99

  Sibbald, A M ^a   Erhard, H W ^a   Hooper, R J ^a   Dumont, B ^b   Boissy, A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural tests; Grazing; Sheep; Sociability; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GRAZING; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646494495     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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