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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Donnalee Ben
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Wendyen
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Ianen
dc.contributor.authorTrotter, Marken
dc.contributor.authorLamb, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorHinch, Geoffreyen
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-05T15:08:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citation10th ICPA Proceedingsen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7908-
dc.description.abstractIn Australia inclement weather contributes to losses of new-born lambs and recently shorn sheep. Provision of forced shelter has been observed to reduce lamb losses by up to 10 percent and when given a choice, ewes preferentially seek shelter on offer for a limited period around two weeks post shearing (Alexander et al. 1980). Given shearing is not ideal in late pregnancy, alternative ways of attracting sheep to shelter are needed. This paper reports on the results of deploying GPS collars on sheep on a commercial property in the Northern Tablelands region of NSW Australia, with the aim of understanding the relationship between local climate and topography and sheep preference for shelter during pregnancy. In this work, two 14 ha field designs were evaluated. Field A comprised of perimeter shelter belts (3-4 rows of native trees) and individual, free standing trees within the field. Field B comprised of perimeter shelter belts, a single, internal shelter belt ('boomerang' shape) and a number of free standing trees. Over two shearing and lambing seasons a random sample of 5 ewes from two flocks of 200-300 ewes were fitted with GPS collars providing continuous (43-51 days) observations of the ewes' movement and proximity to shelter. Weather stations and temperature loggers were strategically located throughout the fields to provide localized measures of temperature, wind speed and precipitation.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherInternational Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA)en
dc.relation.ispartof10th ICPA Proceedingsen
dc.titleGPS Tracking of Sheep to Investigate Shelter and Shade Use in Relation to Climatic Conditionsen
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceICPA 2010: 10th International Conference on Precision Agricultureen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Managementen
dc.subject.keywordsAgricultural Spatial Analysis and Modellingen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Behaviouren
local.contributor.firstnameDonnalee Ben
local.contributor.firstnameWendyen
local.contributor.firstnameIanen
local.contributor.firstnameMarken
local.contributor.firstnameDaviden
local.contributor.firstnameGeoffreyen
local.subject.for2008060801 Animal Behaviouren
local.subject.for2008070203 Animal Managementen
local.subject.for2008070104 Agricultural Spatial Analysis and Modellingen
local.subject.seo2008839901 Animal Welfareen
local.subject.seo2008830311 Sheep - Woolen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Psychology and Behavioural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolOffice of Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Lawen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emaildtaylor2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailwbrown@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailiprice@une.edu.auen
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local.profile.emaildlamb@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailghinch@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110201-131953en
local.date.conference18th - 21st July, 2010en
local.conference.placeDenver, United States of Americaen
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local.contributor.lastnameTayloren
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local.contributor.lastnamePriceen
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local.title.maintitleGPS Tracking of Sheep to Investigate Shelter and Shade Use in Relation to Climatic Conditionsen
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local.relation.urlhttp://core.icpaonline.org/proceedings/en
local.relation.urlhttp://core.icpaonline.org/finalpdf/abstract_491.pdfen
local.conference.detailsICPA 2010: 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Denver, United States of America, 18th - 21st July, 2010en
local.search.authorTaylor, Donnalee Ben
local.search.authorBrown, Wendyen
local.search.authorPrice, Ianen
local.search.authorTrotter, Marken
local.search.authorLamb, Daviden
local.search.authorHinch, Geoffreyen
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local.year.published2010-
local.date.start2010-07-18-
local.date.end2010-07-21-
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