Behavioural responses of cattle to shared foraging with wild herbivores in an East African rangeland

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 120-125

  Odadi, Wilfred O ^a,b   Okeyo Owuor, J B ^c   Young, Truman P ^b,d  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite rate; Competition; Foraging behaviour; Livestock; Private land; Step rate; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DRY SEASON; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; LIVESTOCK; PRIVATE LAND; RANGELAND; WEIGHT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAIKIPIA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS;

EID: 57749110647     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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