Activity time budget patterns of sheep and goats co-grazing on semi-natural species-rich dry grassland

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 208-216

  Pokorna P ^a   Hejcmanova P ^a   Hejcman, M ^a   Pavlu, V ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Animal behaviour; Mixed pasture; Semi natural grassland; Small ruminant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877683436     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/6749-cjas     Document Type: Article

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