Foraging ecology of feral goats on the Isle of Rum, NW Scotland

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-124

  Shi, Jianbin ^a,b   Dunbar, Robin I M ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bite rate; Feral goats; Grazing bout length; Rum island; Step frequency

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; FERAL ORGANISM; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; RUTTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; RUM; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 68949085773     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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