Maximizing intake under challenging foraging conditions at two spatial scales in Soay sheep

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 339-348

  Perez Barberia F J ^a   Walker, D M ^b   Marion, G ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ovis aries; sexual differences; sheep; spatial movement

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; MOVEMENT; PATCH SIZE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33846412637     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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