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Habitat Selection by Free-Grazing Sheep in a Mountain Pasture.
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- Characterizing grazing and terrain use patterns of Hispano-Breton mares in the Spanish Pyrenees using GPS devices and remote sensing data.Australian veterinary journal · 2025Article
- Maternal experience affects the behavioral response and the daily weight gain to weaning stress in lambs.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- What Is Grazing Time? Insights from the Acoustic Signature of Goat Jaw Activity in Wooded Landscapes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
For centuries, mountain grasslands have been part of the grazing cycle of sheep and cattle in extensive management systems in the Pyrenees; however, traditional guided herding has been, in many cases, replaced by free-ranging flocks at these pastures. The goal of this study was to analyze the grazing behavior of free-ranging sheep in mountain pastures using GPS-based tracking systems and Geographic Information Systems. During the summer seasons of 2019, 2020, and 2021, a transterminant flock of free-ranging sheep was tracked with GPS devices attached to collars at the mountain pastures of Collarada mountain (Central Pyrenees, Spain). Preferences for grazing on certain geomorphological features (slope, aspect, and altitude) and different plant communities present in the area were evaluated using the Manly's standardized preference index. The results show that sheep prefer altitudes between 2400 and 2600 m; SE-, SW-, and E-facing sites; and slopes under 20%. The preferred pastures were
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