Influence of stock density and rate and temporal patterns of forage allocation on the diet mixing behavior of sheep grazing sagebrush steppe

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 207-218

  Shaw, Ryan A ^a   Villalba, Juan J ^a   Provenza, Fredrick D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Foraging; Intake; Secondary compounds; Toxins

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; FIELD METHOD; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERB; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAMPLING; SHEEP; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEPPE; STOCKING DENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33748780082     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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