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Temporal Patterns of Feeding Behaviour in Free-Ranging Horses

In: Behaviour
Authors:
Eleanor Mayes Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, F-13200 Arles, France

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Patrick Duncan Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, F-13200 Arles, France

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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1986
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Abstract

Feeding was patterned into meals separated by intervals of non-random length. Meal length, which showed a marked circadian rhythm, was positively correlated with the length of the preceding interval (preprandial correlation) in all seasons except the summer. This result implies the existence of a control mechanism which maintained gut-fill high. The organisation of feeding within meals (length of feeding, standing and walking bouts) did not vary consistently between vegetation types, but was strongly influenced by the activity of biting flies.

Title:
Temporal Patterns of Feeding Behaviour in Free-Ranging Horses
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156853986X00243
Language:
English
Pages:
105–129
In:
Behaviour
In:
Volume 96: Issue 1-2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-539X
Print ISSN:
0005-7959
Subjects:
Biology & Environmental Sciences, Biology

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