Opportunities for telemetry techniques in studies on the nutritional ecology of free-ranging domesticated ruminants

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 123-131

  Swain, D L ^a   Friend, M A ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

grazing behaviour; herbivore; intake; landscape; nutritional ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVIDS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RUMINANTS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84874872798     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112000870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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