2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of foraging control in herbivore livestock under diverse vegetation by integrating chemical ecology and behavioral ecology
| Project/Area Number |
20380148
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Zootechnical science/Grassland science
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
OGURA Shinichiro Tohoku University, 大学院・農学研究科, 准教授 (60315356)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HORI Masatoshi 東北大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 准教授 (70372307)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 香気物質 / 経験 / 視覚情報 / 植物形態 / 選択採食 / 放牧家畜 / 味覚物質 / 野草地 |
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| Research Abstract |
Plant characteristics of view, smell, tactile sense and taste function as information when herbivore livestock recognizes plants as feed. Herbivore livestock selected plant species by verifying the information based on its past experiences, and recognized morphological characteristics, quality and quantity in diverse vegetation. Particularly, herbivores tended to strongly prefer feeds with large bite size and sweet taste. Associative learning of these factors is effective to control foraging behavior of herbivore livestock in diverse vegetation.
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