Publications by authors named "Anderson Michel Soares Bolzan"
Article Synopsis
- Determining herbage intake is essential for understanding grazing ecology, and this study compares the Continuous Bite Monitoring (CBM) method to the traditional double-weighing technique for measuring herbage intake in grazing sheep.
- The study involved various experiments that assessed factors affecting the reliability of CBM, such as observer count, forage species, and sward height, finding significant variations impacting intake estimations.
- Results showed a strong correlation between the two methods, but CBM tended to overestimate intake in certain experiments, highlighting its potential for detailed insights into foraging behavior while remaining non-invasive to animal activity.
