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Identification and creation of optimum habitat conditions for livestock
Author
Bailey, D. W.
Publication Year
1969
Body

This is a synthesis of 67 studies illustrating the concept of optimum habitat to livestock and their needs highlighting specifically the effect of habitat attributes on livestock use, the effect if management on the habitat attributes and how it modifies livestock use, and the effect of management on livestock use and how it can modify habitat attributes.

Language
en
Keywords
foraging
livestock management
spatial distribution
grazing patterns
grazing uniformity
habitat
livestock behavioral mechanisms
stocking rates
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