Seasonal and interannual variations in feeding station behavior of cattle: effects of sward and meteorological conditions

A feeding station is the area of forage a grazing animal can reach without moving its forefeet. Grazing behavior can be divided into residence within feeding stations (with bites as benefits) and movement between feeding stations (with steps as costs). However, relatively little information has been...

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Main Authors: M. Hirata, Y. Matsumoto, S. Izumi, Y. Soga, F. Hirota, M. Tobisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114002869