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Species visitation at free‐choice quail feeders in west texas

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2012
Providing supplemental feed is a common practice for the management of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and scaled quail (Callipepla squamata). The ecological efficacy and economic efficiency of a feeding program for quail can be evaluated using ...
Kelly D. Henson, Dale Rollins, Eddie K. Lyons, Dean Ransom Jr.   +3 more
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Grazing ecology of female lambs on Italian ryegrass plus red clover pasture under different defoliation intensities Ecologia do pastejo por cordeiras em pastagem de azevém e trevo-vermelho sob diversas intensidades de desfolha

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2010
The relationship between pasture dynamics and ingestive behavior of female lambs was studied on Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) plus red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) mixture under a range of defoliation intensities.
Carine Lisete Glienke, Marta Gomes da Rocha, Daniele Gindri Camargo, Luciana Pötter, Anna Carolina Cerato Confortin, Vagner Guasso da Costa   +5 more
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Behavior pattern of beef heifers supplemented with different energy sources on oat and ryegrass pasture

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012
The objective of this study was to evaluate behavior patterns of heifers grazing on black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb.) and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), fed supplementation with brown rice meal and/or protected fat.
Luiz Angelo Damian Pizzuti, Dari Celestino Alves Filho, Ivan Luiz Brondani, Paulo Santana Pacheco, Leandro da Silva Freitas, Luciane Rumpel Segabinazzi, Álisson Marian Callegaro, Odilene de Souza Teixeira   +7 more
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Taste agents as modulators of the feeding behaviour of grazing yaks in alpine meadows

Animal, 2023
Feeding behaviour plays a significant role in promoting good animal health and welfare. It is also reflective of the quality and quantity of available feed.
Qingshan Fan, Jingfei Ren, Zhouwen Ma, Fujiang Hou   +3 more
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Comportamento ingestivo de cordeiras em pastagem consorciada de inverno sob diferentes intensidades de desfolha Ingestive behavior of lambs on mixed winter pasture under different grazing intensities

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2008
Avaliou-se a relação entre a estrutura do pasto, as variáveis ambientais e o comportamento ingestivo de cordeiras Ile de France × Texel em pastagem consorciada de aveia-preta (Avena strigosa Schreb.), azevém (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) e trevo-vermelho ...
Carine Lisete Glienke, Marta Gomes da Rocha, Anna Carolina Cerato Confortin, Luciana Pötter, Vagner Guasso da Costa, Guilherme Ebling Rossi   +5 more
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Ingestive behavior and displacement patterns of beef heifers on Italian ryegrass pasture Comportamento ingestivo e padrões de deslocamento de bezerras de corte em pastagem de azevém

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2010
The effect of supplementation on ingestive behavior and displacement patterns of beef heifers grazing on Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) pasture was evaluated. The grazing method was continuous with variable stocking rate.
Carine Lisete Glienke, Marta Gomes da Rocha, Dalton Roso, Luciana Pötter, Vagner Guasso da Costa, Juliana Medianeira Machado   +5 more
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Noisy anthropogenic infrastructure interferes with alarm responses in Savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
Many birds rely on anti-predator communication to protect their nests; however, anthropogenic noise from industrial activities such as oil and gas development may disrupt acoustic communication.
Bridget Antze, Nicola Koper
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Feeding rates of malaria vectors from a prototype attractive sugar bait station in Western Province, Zambia: results of an entomological validation study

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) stations are a promising new approach to malaria vector control that could compliment current tools by exploiting the natural sugar feeding behaviors of mosquitoes.
Javan Chanda, Joseph Wagman, Benjamin Chanda, Tresford Kaniki, Mirabelle Ng’andu, Rayford Muyabe, Mwansa Mwenya, Jimmy Sakala, John Miller, Gift Mwaanga, Limonty Simubali, Monicah Mirai Mburu, Edgar Simulundu, Alice Mungo, Keith Fraser, Lazaro Mwandigha, Ruth Ashton, Joshua Yukich, Angela F. Harris, Thomas R. Burkot, Erica Orange, Megan Littrell, Julian Entwistle   +22 more
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Feeding and Reproductive Phenotypic Traits of the Sea Urchin Tripneustes gratilla in Seagrass Beds Impacted by Eutrophication

Diversity, 2023
The sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla is a major grazer and is, hence, an excellent key model organism to study to gain a better understanding of responses to changes in its habitat.
Helen Grace P. Bangi, Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez   +1 more
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Seasonal Variability of Mesozooplankton Feeding Rates on Phytoplankton in Subtropical Coastal and Estuarine Waters

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
In order to understand how mesozooplankton assemblages influenced phytoplankton in coastal and estuarine waters, we carried out a monthly investigation on mesozooplankton composition at two contrasting stations of Hong Kong coastal and estuarine waters ...
Mianrun Chen, Hongbin Liu, Bingzhang Chen   +2 more
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