Date of Award:
5-1983
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Wildland Resources
Department name when degree awarded
Range Science
Committee Chair(s)
John C. Malecheck
Committee
John C. Malecheck
Committee
John Butcher
Committee
John P. Workman
Abstract
A quantitative description of the foraging process is necessary for effective planning and execution of intensive grazing schemes. Foraging behavior is defined as having two components: feeding and moving. At intervals the foraging animal walks a number of steps searching for food and then pauses to feed at a new position here termed a feeding station. Five behavioral variables were analyzed under this framework: 1) time spent at a feed ing station; 2) number of bites at a feeding station; 3) steps taken between stations; 4) rate of steps; and 5) foraging time. The experimental design consisted of grazing small adjacent, approximately 7-ha paddocks for periods lasting 8 days. Animals significantly (P
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Recommended Citation
Flores, Enrique R., "Applying the Concept of Feeding Stations to the Behavior of Cattle Grazing Variable Amounts of Available Forage" (1983). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3516.
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