Providing water for goats in arid landscapes: Effects on feeding effort with regard to time period, herd size and secondary compounds

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-472

  Shrader, Adrian M ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^b   Brown, Joel S ^c   Kerley, Graham I H ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 39849088422     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16410.x     Document Type: Article

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