Characterising the spatial and temporal activities of free-ranging cows from GPS data

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-161

  Anderson, Dean M ^a   Winters, Craig ^a   Estell, Rick E ^a   Fredrickson, Ed L ^b   Doniec, Marek ^c   Detweiler, Carrick ^d   Rus, Daniela ^c   James, Darren ^a   Nolen, Barbara ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

foraging; geospatial data; livestock; travel; weaning behaviour.

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84861958528     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ11062     Document Type: Article

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