Development of foraging control in herbivore livestock under diverse vegetation by integrating chemical ecology and behavioral ecology

当草食家畜识别植物为饲料时，植物的视觉、嗅觉、触觉和味觉特征可以作为信息。草食家畜根据过去的经验，通过验证信息来选择植物物种，并识别不同植被的形态特征、质量和数量。特别是，食草动物倾向于强烈喜欢大口大小和甜味的饲料。这些因素的联想学习对于控制草食家畜在不同植被中的觅食行为是有效的。

Plant characteristics of view, smell, tactile sense and taste function as information when herbivore livestock recognizes plants as feed. Herbivore livestock selected plant species by verifying the information based on its past experiences, and recognized morphological characteristics, quality and quantity in diverse vegetation. Particularly, herbivores tended to strongly prefer feeds with large bite size and sweet taste. Associative learning of these factors is effective to control foraging behavior of herbivore livestock in diverse vegetation.