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Age ratio in groups of a social ungulate affects epizoochorous dispersal and diaspore exchanges

Oikos, EarlyView.
Animal‐mediated seed dispersal is a key process in plant population dynamics, species distribution and ecosystem functioning. As long‐distance dispersal agents, ungulates help to maintain native plant populations facing abiotic changes in their habitat and habitat fragmentation or habitat loss.
Antoine Roux, Cloé Balson, Morgane Audiguier, Marie Battista, Didier Marcon, Olivier Pays, Christophe Baltzinger   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of birth rank (single or twin) and dam age on the lifetime productive performance of female dual purpose sheep (Ovis aries) offspring in New Zealand.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Greater rates of genetic gain can be achieved by selecting animals born to younger parents. However, little is known about the lifetime performance of dual purpose ewes (Ovis aries) that are born to primiparous ewe lambs (8 to 9 months old at breeding ...
E J Pettigrew, R E Hickson, S T Morris, N Lopez-Villalobos, S J Pain, P R Kenyon, H T Blair   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Litter size, litter weight, and lamb survivability of Doyogena sheep managed under community-based breeding program in Ethiopia

Heliyon, 2022
Increasing litter size and weight during the marketing time by decreasing mortality among lambs per ewe is the objective of the community-based breeding program (CBBP).
Kebede Habtegiorgis, Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew, Adisu Jimma, Deribe Gemiyo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of feed blocks as supplementation for the upland hill flock: (2) Cost effective lamb production [PDF]

, 2002
This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR).Under EU organic livestock regulations introduced in 2000, new restrictions were placed on the use of bought-in feedstuffs in hill systems.
Evans, D Eifion, Frost, David, McLean, Barbara M L   +2 more
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Welfare implications of artificial rearing and early weaning in sheep

, 2008
In the present review the formation and resolution of the ewe–lamb bond under natural conditions are described . Thereafter, the effects of premature dam–lamb separation, performed through artificial rearing or early weaning on behavioural, endocrine and
DE ROSA G., NAPOLITANO F., SEVI A.
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What does coexistence mean? Insight from place‐based trajectories of pastoralists and bears encounters in the Pyrenees

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The recovery of large carnivores in Europe raises issues related to sharing landscape with humans. Beyond technical solutions, it is widely recognized that social factors also contribute to shaping coexistence. In this context, scholars increasingly stress the need to adopt place‐based approaches by analysing how humans and wildlife interact ...
Alice Ouvrier, Manon Culos, Sylvie Guillerme, Antoine Doré, Helene Figari, John D. C. Linnell, Pierre‐Yves Quenette, Ruppert Vimal   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Udder skin temperature is related to the ewes’ and lambs’ behaviors at birth in autumn lambing ewes

Frontiers in Ethology
The survival of lambs depends on various factors, including the behavioral traits of both mother and newborn lambs at birth, as well as the ewe’s colostrum production and quality.
Rodolfo Ungerfeld, Ophélie Menant, Raquel Pérez-Clariget, Aline Freitas-de-Melo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of body weight on reproductive activity in Sarda female lambs

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2010
One way to improve reproductive performance of ewes is through extending its lifetime productivity. Breeding ewe lambs is one method of improving the reproductive performance in the sheep.
P.P. Bini, G.M. Vacca, M.C. Mura, V. Carcangiu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using participatory scenario planning to explore the synergies and trade‐offs from upland treescape expansion

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The future of land use in the UK uplands is highly debated, with growing interest in increasing tree cover and other land use changes, alongside a desire to maintain traditional land use patterns and practices. Treescape expansion is likely to result in synergies and trade‐offs between different outcomes, so integrating stakeholder preferences
Melissa Minter, Susan Baker, Euan Bowditch, Sheena Carlisle, Natasha Constant, Alix Syder, Tom Finch   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of different types of stressors during mid- and late pregnancy on lamb weight and body size at birth

Animal, 2010
Mid-pregnancy shearing has consistently been shown to increase lamb birth weight, which can lead to an increase in lamb survival rates. However, shearing ewes during the winter months and under outdoor pastoral farming conditions can expose the recently ...
R.A. Corner, P.R. Kenyon, K.J. Stafford, D.M. West, M.H. Oliver   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source