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DOI	10.1186/s13717-020-00245-6
	Environmental and landscape influences on the spatial and temporal distribution of a cattle herd in a South Texas rangeland
	Cheleuitte-Nieves, Christopher; Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L.; Wu, X. Ben; Cooper, Susan M.
通讯作者	Cheleuitte-Nieves, C
来源期刊	ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES
EISSN	2192-1709
出版年	2020
卷号	9 期号:1
英文摘要	The multiple spatial and temporal parameters affecting cattle herd distribution and activity dynamics can significantly affect resource utilization but are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to determine whether current animal tracking technology and spatio-temporal analysis tools can be used to integrate multi-scale information on herd distribution patterns as a function of seasonal forage production, periods of the day, animal activity, and landscape features. Positional and activity information of 11 free-ranging cows within a 31-member herd was obtained at 5-min intervals by using GPS collars for 1 year within a 457-ha ranch in the semi-arid rangelands of South Texas. Forage biomass was calculated with satellite imagery. Spatial analysis of cattle distribution and landscape features was conducted with GIS. Herd spread was greatest during the growing season. Throughout the year, during midday, the herd showed smaller spread and greater use of shade patches than any other time of day. Cattle also aggregated under trees in winter, particularly during the night. There was no statistically significant overall pattern of seasonal changes in the use of water and supplemental feeding areas, but a trend toward highest use during the winter. However, significantly different diurnal patterns in the use of supplemental feed and water were observed within each season. This study found a strong influence of shade patches relative to the influence of water and supplemental feeding areas on the diurnal and seasonal movement patterns of cattle in shrub-dominated rangeland. Although this study used only 11 tracked cows in a 31-member herd, the results indicated that techniques such as seasonal and diurnal GPS tracking, GIS, and remote sensing data enable evaluation of multiple spatial and temporal dynamics of cattle distribution and activity patterns. The smaller spread during the dry winter season associated with the observed aggregation of individuals in water and supplemental feeding areas, may aid in determining the most critical times for providing supplemental resources and guide the allocation of those resources to areas not frequently used by cattle, thus stimulating the animals to visit unused sites during the non-growing season.
英文关键词	Cattle behavior Cross-scale interactions GPS collars Group dispersion Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) Thermoregulation Ungulate grazing patterns
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000552402500001
WOS关键词	WHITE-TAILED DEER ; HABITAT USE ; HOME-RANGE ; LIVESTOCK ; PATTERNS ; GPS ; BEHAVIOR ; SCALE ; THERMOREGULATION ; HETEROGENEITY
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325209
作者单位	[Cheleuitte-Nieves, Christopher; Wu, X. Ben] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Ecosyst Sci & Management, 2120 TAMU,320 WFES Bldg, College Stn, TX 77843 USA; [Cheleuitte-Nieves, Christopher] Weill Cornell Med & Hosp Special Surg, Ctr Comparat Med & Pathol, Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, 408 East 69th St,Z-913, New York, NY 10021 USA; [Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L.] Texas A&M Univ, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Res Inst, 700 Univ Blvd MSC 218, Kingsville, TX 78363 USA; [Cooper, Susan M.] Texas A&M AgriLife Res, 1619 Garner Field Rd, Uvalde, TX 78801 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cheleuitte-Nieves, Christopher,Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L.,Wu, X. Ben,et al. Environmental and landscape influences on the spatial and temporal distribution of a cattle herd in a South Texas rangeland[J],2020,9(1).
APA	Cheleuitte-Nieves, Christopher,Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L.,Wu, X. Ben,&Cooper, Susan M..(2020).Environmental and landscape influences on the spatial and temporal distribution of a cattle herd in a South Texas rangeland.ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES,9(1).
MLA	Cheleuitte-Nieves, Christopher,et al."Environmental and landscape influences on the spatial and temporal distribution of a cattle herd in a South Texas rangeland".ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES 9.1(2020).