Vertical Distribution of Available Foliage and the Selectivity of Grazing Heights by Cattle in Native Grasses.
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- Takahashi Tomotsugu
- Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University:(Present address)Division of Food Production Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University
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- Ogura Shin-ichiro
- Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
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- Sugawara Kazuo
- Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
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- イネ科野草における葉部の垂直分布と放牧牛による捕捉高
- イネカ ヤソウ ニ オケル ヨウブ ノ スイチョク ブンプ ト ホウボクギュウ ニ ヨル ホソク ダカ
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Abstract
To investigate relationships between foraging height of cattle and vertical distribution of leaf mass in native grasses, mass of foliage, density of leaves (as frequency of occurrence) and proportion of bites by beef steers in individual layers (every 20cm height from the ground) of canopies were measured for Miscanthus sinensis, Sasa palmata, Pleioblastus chino and Calamagrostis arundinacea in June-July (summer) and September (autumn). Vertical distribution of foliage mass and leaf density well described the characteristics of aboveground structure in native grasses in each season. Leaf mass in an individual layer was significantly related to leaf density of the layer (P<0.05) in all grass species, showing the effectiveness of measuring the frequency of occurrence of leaves for estimating leaf mass in native grasses. In both seasons, correlation analysis showed that steers took more bites from layers with higher leaf densities. However, the significant relationship between the proportion of bites and leaf density was relatively low in the early period in autumn. It was suggested that, in autumn, other factors such as quality of foliage affected the foraging height of grazing cattle.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Grassland Science
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Japanese Journal of Grassland Science 53 (1), 1-5, 2007
Japanese Society of Grassland Science
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680729646080
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- NII Article ID
- 110006274394
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- NII Book ID
- AN00194108
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- ISSN
- 21886555
- 04475933
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- NDL BIB ID
- 8821748
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- IRDB
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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