A preliminary study to predict the spatial distribution of dung from beef cattle in a slope-grazed pasture.
A preliminary study to predict the spatial distribution of dung from beef cattle in a slope-grazed pasture.
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预测坡地放牧牧场肉牛粪便空间分布的初步研究。
DOI:
10.1111/grs.12077
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
H.J.
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作者:
Yoshitoshi;R.;Watanabe;N.;Yasuda;T.;Kawamura;K.;Sakanoue;S.;Lim;J. and Lee;H.J.
This study aimed to predict the spatial distribution of cattle dung based on Bayesian estimation with a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) and an intrinsic conditional autoregressive (CAR) model using herbage green biomass (GBM) and distance from a water trough (Dw) in a rectangular slope‐grazed pasture (0.85 ha) in Hokkaido, Japan. After a 4‐day grazing trial (June 14–18, 2010) with 20 Japanese Black cattle, we set 10 × 10 m grid cells (total of 85 cells) in the paddock and counted the number of dung deposits (Nd) in each cell. The 95% posterior probability intervals indicated that a greater Ndwas distributed in areas with a higher GBM and those located closer to the water trough. Lower value of deviance information criterion (DIC) was obtained in CAR model (DIC = 291.5) than in GLMM (DIC = 502.6) to be suggested as a better model.