Foraging decisions in a capital breeder: Trade-offs between mass gain and lactation

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-432

  Hamel, Sandra ^a   Côté, Steeve D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bite rate and size; Chewing rate; Growth; Mountain goats; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; GROWTH RATE; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MOUNTAIN REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOAT; LACTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALBERTA; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOATS; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; OBSERVATION;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS;

EID: 70349145713     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1377-y     Document Type: Article

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