Title:

The effect of heater fragmentation and mixed grazing on the diet of sheep Ovis aries and red deer Cervus elaphus

Creator:

Cuartas, P. ; Gordon, I. J. ; Hester, A. J. ; Perez-Barberia, F. J. ; Hulbert, A. R.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

2000

Description:

The effects of vegetation fragmentation and mixed grazing (ie mono- or multi-species animal group) on the diet composition of sheep and red deer grazing mosaics of grassland and heather moorland was studied, using faecal cuticle analysis, in two experimental sites in Scotland during the summer of 1992 and 1993.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Cervus elaphus ; competiyion ; Red deer ; sheep ; diet composition ; herbivory faecal analysis ; vegetation fragmentation

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

45

Issue:

3

Start page:

309

End page:

320

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.00-31

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open