Diet choice in grazing sheep: A new approach to investigate the relationships between preferences and intake-rate on a daily time scale

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 253-270

  Prache, Sophie ^a   Bechet, Gilles ^a   Damasceno, Julio Cesar ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foraging; Intake rate; Optimal foraging; Preference; Selection

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33746933297     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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