NDLI: Assessing foraging strategies of herbivores in Mediterranean oak woodlands: a review of key issues and selected methodologies

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Author	Ferraz de Oliveira, Maria Isabel Lamy, Elsa Bugalho, Miguel N. Vaz, Margarida Pinheiro, Cristina Cancela d’Abreu, Manuel Capela e Silva, Fernando Sales Baptista, Elvira
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Montados are agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystems, typical of the Southwest Iberian Peninsula, of high socio-economic and conservation importance, where grazing is a dominant activity. Montados are characterized by an open tree canopy of Quercus sp. and a diverse undercover of shrubs and grasslands that constitute the plant food resources for grazing animals. Plant food resources of Montados are highly variable, both spatially and seasonally, in quantity and quality. Reliable and easy to use methods to monitor grazing are necessary to allow proper understanding of foraging strategies of grazing animals and to set sustainable grazing management. We describe the main characteristics of the plant food resources available for grazing animals, striking its variability, and revise the potential of using N-alkanes and saliva proteome methods to assess foraging strategies in Montados. In a scenario of dynamic multiple choices, we discuss the use of n-alkane methodology for the simultaneous estimation of diet composition and voluntary intake and saliva proteome as a mean of increasing the knowledge on diet adjustments.
Starting Page	1421
Ending Page	1437
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01674366
Journal	Agroforestry Systems
Volume Number	87
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15729680
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-10-13
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Montado/Dehesa Agro-silvo-pastoral systems Grazing ecology Foraging behavior N-alkanes Salivary proteins Forestry Agriculture
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Forestry Agronomy and Crop Science

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