Marina Castro1-2; José F. Castro 1; Esther Fernández-
Núñez 2 1 Dept. Ambiente e Recursos Naturais, ESA- IPB. 2 Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO).
Campus de Santa Apolónia 5300-854. Bragança, Portugal.
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Duration of grazing day (min d-1)
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Length of grazing day (min d-1)
Figure 1. Duration of the grazing day and distances walked per day by season in goats and sheep.
Different letters indicate significant differences between seasons in the same animal (p <0.05 and p
<0.001 for duration and length, respectively).
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