Home range size of free‐roaming beef suckler cattle in the forest

摘要：

Though Japan is now one of the worlds most forested developed countries,most of this land is designated as conservation forest and water‐holding and soil‐binding forest.If we are to use the forests plentiful plant resources for animal production,we must do so while conserving the intrinsic value of the forest.Therefore,the forest should be used for grazing as it stands,without developing artificial grassland and without fencing.In this situation,information on the home range of cattle is needed for controlling their movement.

关键词： cow behavior home range GPS forest

作者: Shusuke SATO Yoshitaka DEGUCHI Takeshi YASUE Takami KOSAKO

作者单位: Laboratory of Land Ecology,Graduate School of Agricultural Science,Tohoku University,KaWAtabi,Naruko Faculty of Agriculture and Graduate School of Agriculture,IWAte University,Morioka,Japan Faculty of Agriculture and Graduate School of Agriculture,Ibaraki University,Ami,Japan National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science,Tochigi,Japan

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）