Effects of density, season and weather on use of an altitudinal gradient by sheep

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 104-113

  Mysterud, Atle ^a   Iversen, Camilla ^b   Austrheim, Gunnar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Foraging; Ideal free distribution; Norway; Seasonality; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; RUMINANT; SHEEP; STOCKING DENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER;

BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 35548961317     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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