Use of an unmanned aerial vehicle - Mounted video camera to assess feeding behavior of raramuri criollo cows

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 386-389

  Nyamuryekung'E, Shelemia ^a   Cibils, Andrés F ^a   Estell, Richard E ^b   Gonzalez, Alfredo L ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

cattle; diet selection; drones; foraging behavior

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; ROBOTICS; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROPUS; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII;

EID: 84988958481     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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