Differences in food ingestion and digestion among sheep classified as high or low sagebrush consumers

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Fraker Marble, Merrita J ^a   Launchbaugh, K L ^b   Walker, J W ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemically defended plants; Diet selection; Digestion balance; Grazing behavior; Prescribed grazing

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; INGESTION RATE; SHEEP; SHRUB;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ARBUSCULA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34047271305     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-169R2.1     Document Type: Article

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