Patterns of diet mixing by sheep offered foods varying in nutrients and plant secondary compounds

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 68-80

  Papachristou, Thomas G ^a   Dziba, Luthando E ^a   Villalba, Juan J ^a   Provenza, Frederick D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet selection; Grazing; Landscape biodiversity; Oxalates; Plant herbivore interactions; Tannins; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BARLEY; DIET; FOOD; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SHEEP; TANNIN; TERPENE;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35448996930     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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