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Foraging behaviour of sheep (Ovis aries L.) grazing on swards of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Abstract:: The grazing behaviour and diet selection of a vertebrate herbivore, the domestic sheep (ovis aries L.), feeding in patchy perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) monocultures was investigated. Heterogeneity or patchiness was created by manipulating (1) the nutritional content of ryegrass, (2) parameters of sward structure e.g. sward height, pseudostem and lamina length, and tiller density, and (3) brightness of ryegrass relative to the background sward. Patches were either...
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Bazely, D., & Bazely, D. R. (1988). Foraging behaviour of sheep (Ovis aries L.) grazing on swards of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford.

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Bazely, D., and Dawn R. Bazely. Foraging Behaviour of Sheep (Ovis Aries L.) Grazing on Swards of Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.). University of Oxford, 1988.

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Bazely, D, and Dawn R. Bazely. 1988. “Foraging Behaviour of Sheep (Ovis Aries L.) Grazing on Swards of Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.).” PhD thesis, University of Oxford.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Department:: Dept. of Zoology
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Role:: Supervisor

Role:: Supervisor

Publication date:: 1988
Type of award:: DPhil
Level of award:: Doctoral
Awarding institution:: University of Oxford

Language:: English
Subjects:: Lolium perenne

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Copyright holder:: Bazely, Dawn R.
Copyright date:: 1988
Notes:: The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky

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