Instantaneous intake rate in horses of different body sizes: Influence of sward biomass and fibrousness

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Fleurance, Géraldine ^a,b   Fritz, Hervé ^c   Duncan, Patrick ^d   Gordon, Iain James ^e   Edouard, Nadège ^b   Vial, Céline ^a  

^a Direction des Connaissances   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Body size; Functional response; Grazing; Horses; Sward quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HORSE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITION; SWARD;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58949087499     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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