Do season and habitat influence the behaviour of Haflinger mares in a coastal dune area?

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 134, Issue 2 PART 1, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Lamoot, Indra ^a,b   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Free ranging; Grazing behaviour; Habitat use; Horse; Non grazing behaviour; Time budget

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DUNE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HABITAT USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME ALLOCATION; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 4544367284     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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