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Foraging behaviour of cattle grazing semi-arid rangelands in the Sahel of Mali

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Title Foraging behaviour of cattle grazing semi-arid rangelands in the Sahel of Mali
 
Creator Diarra, L.
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
Leeuw, P.N. de
 
Subject ARID SOILS
RANGELANDS
CATTLE
FORAGING
BEHAVIOUR
GRAZING
VEGETATION
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
HERDS
FEEDS
SUPPLY
SEASONAL VARIATION
SELECTION
SPECIES
FEED CROPS
 
Description This paper deals with foraging behaviour of cattle grazing semi-arid rangelands in the Sahel of Mali. It discusses the location of study site, vegetation in the grazing orbit, herd management and livestock behaviour. Results on seasonal variation in feed supply, selection of the annual grazing orbit in accessible land and of the daily route in the grazing orbit, selection of herbage mass patches within landscape units and selection of species are also presented in the paper. Discussion on forage selection, selection of landscape units and of plant species, impact of cattle foraging vegetaion and rangelands N and P harvesting by livestock are the last topics examined in the paper.
 
Date 2010-12-09T11:10:11Z
2010-12-09T11:10:11Z
1995
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier ISBN 92-9053-294-7
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2774
 
Language en
 
Publisher ILCA