Intake rate oscillations at the meal scale: the dynamics of feeding choices for coping with diversity on rangelands

摘要：

On rangelands and natural grasslands, domestic ruminants have to cope with the high diversity of plant species and plant secondary compounds (Provenza and Villalba,2006).Foraging responses of ruminants challenged with this chemical and taxonomical diversity have poorly been documented in their dynamic dimension (Gillingham et al.1997, Agreil et al.2005).In this study, we aim at modeling the temporal dynamics of foraging during meals, and discuss the results as a contribution to the understanding of ruminants feeding strategies.

关键词： feeding strategy Ruminants Sheep Diet Foraging behavior Intake rate

作者: AGREIL Cyril MONESTIEZ Pascal VILLALBA Juan

作者单位: INRA Agroparc 84９14 Avignon Cedex ９,France Dept.Wildland Resources,Utah State University,Logan,UT 84322-5230

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）