of animals can be said to be grazers, from large animals such as hippopotamuses to small aquatic snails. Grazing behaviour is a type of feeding strategy...
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Grazing may refer to: Grazing, the agricultural practice of feeding grass Grazing (behaviour), the animal behaviour Graze may also refer to: a graze, a...
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different strategies of grazing for optimum production: grazing may be continuous, seasonal, or rotational within a grazing period. Longer rotations...
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hunger or satiety cues". Two subtypes of grazing have been suggested: compulsive and non-compulsive. Compulsive grazing is accompanied by the feeling that the...
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Hendricksen, R.; Minson, D. J. (2009). "The feed intake and grazing behaviour of cattle grazing a crop of Lablab purpureus cv. Rongai". The Journal of Agricultural...
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Giraffe (redirect from Stereotypic behaviour in giraffes)
destruction has hurt the giraffe. In the Sahel, the need for firewood and grazing room for livestock has led to deforestation. Normally, giraffes can coexist...
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Cattle (section Grazing behavior)
morning, and the proportion of grass increasing towards the evening. When grazing, cattle vary several aspects of their bite, i.e. tongue and jaw movements...
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culprit. Later work suggested that differing rain patterns had changed grazing behaviours, which led to a greater quantity of corn lily to be ingested by pregnant...
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Territory (animal) (redirect from Territorial Behaviour)
animals do all their grazing. They keep their territories free of other organisms by shoving off any intruders: other Lottia, grazing limpets of the genus...
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Grasslands of China (section Grazing Ban)
state has issued a strict prohibition on grazing where pastoralism and livestock farmers are prohibited from grazing livestock on grassland in place of stall-feeding...
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sources, because the species is behaviourally sufficiently flexible. Some animals exhibit hoarding and caching behaviours in which they store or hide food...
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marine ecology (e.g., phytoplankton growth dynamics, zooplankton grazing, behaviour, environmental effects, harmful algal blooms), as well as for ocean...
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Oxford in 1998. supervised by John R. Krebs; she investigated sheep grazing behaviour. Bazely then held an Ernest Cook Research Fellowship at Somerville...
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are grazers or predators, and if grazers, what vegetation they will prefer to graze on. Temperature also has an effect on the grazing behaviour of certain...
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and play a major role in the landscape character because of their grazing behaviour. Notable people from the municipality of Lingewaard include: Willem...
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nursery area for many marine species and a biodiverse habitat. The grazing behaviour of sea urchins, particularly the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus...
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Elephant (redirect from Elephant behaviour)
however, the Oxford Companion to Animal Behaviour (1987) said that "one is well advised to study the behaviour rather than attempting to get at any underlying...
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Rough pasture (redirect from Rough grazing)
Rough pasture or rough grazing is non-intensive grazing pasture, commonly found on poor soils, especially in hilly areas, throughout the world. In agricultural...
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Behavior-altering parasite (redirect from Behaviour-altering parasites)
to the top of grass, where they have a higher chance of being eaten by grazing ruminants. The trematode Leucochloridium paradoxum matures inside snails...
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ts/life-sciences/animal-behaviour/ecology-evolution-and-behaviour-wild-cattle-implications-conservation Ecology and Behaviour of the African Buffalo –...
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Bird (redirect from Bird behaviour)
communicating with visual signals, calls, and songs, and participating in such behaviours as cooperative breeding and hunting, flocking, and mobbing of predators...
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Sheep (section Grazing behavior)
sagebrush, making grazing sheep effective for conservation grazing. Research conducted in Imperial County, California compared lamb grazing with herbicides...
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Predation (section Diet and behaviour)
began to over-graze many woody browse species, affecting the area's plant populations. In addition, wolves often kept animals from grazing near streams...
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Animal husbandry (redirect from Cattle grazing)
pastures formed by traditional agricultural methods in Europe were managed by grazing and mowing. As the ecological impact of this land management strategy is...
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Zebra (section Behaviour and ecology)
when threatened but also bite and kick. Zebra species differ in social behaviour, with plains and mountain zebra living in stable harems consisting of...
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Virivore (section Viral grazing)
grazers diet if ingested, and the microbe is not infected. General grazing on viruses is widespread throughout the marine environment, with grazing rates...
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Allelomimetic behavior (redirect from Allelomimetic behaviour)
group. This means that when animals switch behaviors, e.g. from lying to grazing, a degree of synchrony is beneficial. Sometimes this synchrony can be provided...
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ecological niche of the Pleistocene species. Capybaras are herbivores, grazing mainly on grasses and aquatic plants, as well as fruit and tree bark. They...
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big-game species; some populations perform an annual migration to new grazing grounds, but the black wildebeest is merely nomadic. Breeding in both takes...
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Horse behavior (redirect from Horse behaviour)
Horses have a strong grazing instinct, preferring to spend most hours of the day eating forage. Horses and other equids evolved as grazing animals, adapted...
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