COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF DIET SELECTION BY SHEEP AND CATTLE BLANKET BOG AND HEATHER MOOR.

Autor: Grant, S.A., Torvell, L., Smith, H.K., Suckling, D.E., Forbes, T.D.A., Hodgson, J.
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Zdroj: Journal of Ecology. Dec87, Vol. 75 Issue 4, p947. 14p.
Abstrakt: Focuses on a comparative study on the seasonal variation in floristic composition of the diets selected by sheep and cattle grazing together on blanket bog and on calluna vulgaris heather moor. Characterization of biomass species, morphological composition and canopy structure; Collection of diet samples from esophageally-fistulated animals; Difference between the dietary components of sheep and cattle.
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