Grazing behaviors of goats and sheep in winter and spring in a desert steppe

摘要：

Grazing ecology was to research how the herbivore to produce and realize grazing behaviors and strategies, to utilize and convert herbage resources efficiently, as well as to maintain permanent and productive ecological function of grassland ecosystem.With the development of grazing ecology, grazing behaviors were considered as the most active field in grazing ecology, even in grassland ecology.Meanwhile, grazing behaviors were not only the important factors which influencing the process from primary production to secondary production, determining livestock productivity, but also one of the important indices of evaluating grazing system and grassland conditions, and the important criteria of establishing grazing system and improving the level of grazing management.

关键词： Stipa breviflora desert steppe grazing behavior goat sheep winter and spring

作者: H.J.Chen M.J.Wang Y.M.Shan Zh.Y.Wu Zh.Q.Li

作者单位: College of Ecology and Environmental Science,Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,Huhhot,Inner Mongolia 010019 P.R.China.

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）