Towards evenly distributed grazing patterns: including social context in sheep management strategies
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Towards evenly distributed grazing patterns: including social context in sheep management strategies
Background. A large proportion of natural grasslands around the world is exposed to overgrazing resulting in land degradation and biodiversity loss. Although there is an increasing effort in the promotion of sustainable livestock management, rangeland degradation still occurs because animals' foraging behaviour is highly selective at different spatial scales. The assessment of the ecological me...
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عنوان ژورنال: PeerJ
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2152