Effect of plant patches on the foraging location of beef cattle

摘要：

Researchers have made rapid progress in the study of foraging strategies of grazing herbivores at different ecological levels ( regional‐landscape‐patch‐individual plant) home and abroad (e.g.O.Reagain 2001 ),but no study has been conducted by combining the individual plant (I) and patch(P).Therefore,the foraging location (I or P) was studied with beef cattle as experimental animals when I and P were present in experimental plots in different proportions.Moreover,determining the foraging strategies of cattle was expected to provide a theoretical basis for improved management.

关键词： beef cattle plant individual plant patch foraging location foraging strategies

作者: Zhou Y-C Wang D-L Xu A-k Wang Z-F Yu H-Z

作者单位: Institute of Grassland Science Northeast Normal University,Changchun,Jilin Province 130024,China;Ins Institute of Grassland Science Northeast Normal University,Changchun,Jilin Province 130024,China Institute of Grassland Science Branch of Animal Husbandry Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Gon

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）