Foraging behaviour and plant selection in a herd of Icelandic goats

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

dc.contributor	Háskóli Íslands
dc.contributor	University of Iceland
dc.contributor	Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands
dc.contributor	Agricultural University of Iceland
dc.contributor.author	Ævarsdóttir, Hrafnhildur
dc.contributor.author	orcid.org/0000-0001-7201-6931 Thorhallsdottir, Anna Gudrun
dc.contributor.author	orcid.org/0000-0002-4052-1324 Sigurjónsdottir, Hrefna
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-13T11:38:33Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-13T11:38:33Z
dc.date.issued	2016-06
dc.identifier.citation	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
dc.identifier.issn	2298-786X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/165
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.format.extent	3-6
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Agricultural University of Iceland
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Icelandic Agricultural Sciences;29
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	Búfjárrækt
dc.subject	Geitur
dc.title	Foraging behaviour and plant selection in a herd of Icelandic goats
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.description.version	Peer Reviewed
dc.identifier.journal	Icelandic Agricultural Sciences
dc.identifier.doi	10.16886/IAS.2016.01
dc.contributor.department	Líf- og umhverfisvísindadeild (HÍ)
dc.contributor.department	Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences (UI)
dc.contributor.department	Auðlinda- og umhverfisdeild (LBHÍ)
dc.contributor.department	Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (AUI)
dc.contributor.department	Kennaradeild (HÍ)
dc.contributor.department	Faculty of Teacher Education (UI)
dc.contributor.school	Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ)
dc.contributor.school	School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI)
dc.contributor.school	Menntavísindasvið (HÍ)
dc.contributor.school	School of Education (UI)