Precision grazing: spotting animal locations should enhance pasture management

Successful grazing and pasture management requires an understanding of the adjustment mechanisms behind the grazing behaviour that enable adaptation to grazing conditions. Use of GNSS technology allows the characterization of grazing behaviour, including grazing patterns, paths and favoured areas. G...

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Main Author: Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Maria Isabel (author)
Other Authors: Lopes-de-Castro, José António (author), Pereira, Alfredo (author), Marques da Silva, José R. (author), Serrano, João (author), Brandão dos Santos, Margarida (author), Sales-Baptista, Elvira (author)
Format: lecture
Language:por
Published: 2017
Subjects:
animal tracking
GPS collars
grazing behaviour
pasture management
precision livestock management
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/20732
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/20732

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http://hdl.handle.net/10174/20732

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