Grazing itineraries and feed intake of goats on communal pastures of the Jabal al Akhdar mountain range,Northern Oman

摘要：

Overstocking of the high‐altitude Jabal al Akhdar pastures with goats is well known since the 1970s,but quantitative data on the impact of sedentary goat husbandry on the herbaceous and ligneous vegetation in this area that receives at maximum 300 mm a-1 of winter rains are still lacking.Therefore,we investigated the spatial extent of goats.daily grazing itineraries along with species selection and feed intake at pasture across a 1000 m altitude gradient.

关键词： diet selection faecal marker GPS grazing pressure high‐altitude pastures

作者: E.Schlecht U.Dickhoefer M.Predotova A.Buerkert

作者单位: Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics,University of Kassel and University of Goettingen,Ste Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics,University of Kas

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）