Foraging behaviour and plant selection in a herd of Icelandic goats

Ævarsdóttir, Hrafnhildur; Thorhallsdottir, Anna Gudrun; Sigurjónsdottir, Hrefna

Foraging behaviour and plant selection in a herd of Icelandic goats

Titill:	Foraging behaviour and plant selection in a herd of Icelandic goats
Höfundur:	Ævarsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Thorhallsdottir, Anna Gudrun orcid.org/0000-0001-7201-6931 Sigurjónsdottir, Hrefna orcid.org/0000-0002-4052-1324 3 höfundar Sýna færri höfunda
Útgáfa:	2016-06
Tungumál:	Enska
Umfang:	3-6
Háskóli/Stofnun:	Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands Agricultural University of Iceland
Svið:	Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI) Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) School of Education (UI)
Deild:	Líf- og umhverfisvísindadeild (HÍ) Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences (UI) Auðlinda- og umhverfisdeild (LBHÍ) Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (AUI) Kennaradeild (HÍ) Faculty of Teacher Education (UI)
Birtist í:	Icelandic Agricultural Sciences;29
ISSN:	2298-786X
DOI:	10.16886/IAS.2016.01
Efnisorð:	Búfjárrækt; Geitur
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/165
Skoða fulla færslu
Tilvitnun: Hrafnhildur Ævarsdóttir, Anna Guðrún Þórhallsdóttir og Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir. 2016. Foraging behaviour and plant selection in a herd of Icelandic goats. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 29 (2016): 3-6
Útdráttur: The Icelandic goat is an indigenous breed, descendant of goats brought to Iceland by Nordic and Celtic settlers in the 9th century (Adalsteinsson 1981). The population is estimated to have been below 1000 individuals for centuries and critically threatened at least twice. Today about 900 goats are found all over the country, mostly in small groups with one large herd located in west Iceland. Very few studies have been conducted on the Icelandic goat. Previously, only one study (on population genetics) has been published (Baldursdottir et al. 2012). The aim of the present study was to shed light on the plant selection and foraging behaviour of the largest goat herd in Iceland.