Heavy grazing constraints on foraging behavior of Mongolian livestock
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Heavy grazing constraints on foraging behavior of Mongolian livestock
We investigated the effects of overgrazing on the foraging behavior of livestock on a Mongolian steppe, by quantifying some behaviors of cattle, sheep and goats foraging in a lightly and a heavily grazed area in summer and winter. All animal species showed higher walking velocity and tended to show higher step/bite ratio when they foraged in the heavily grazed area than in the lightly grazed ar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Grassland Science
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1744-6961,1744-697X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-697x.2009.00134.x