01564naa a2200241 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400540006010000140011424501000012826000090022852008670023765000230110465000100112765000150113765000140115265000140116665300250118065300220120565300230122770000150125077300570126515222812026-01-27       1993    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/0308-521X(93)90030-62DOI1 aGENIN, D.  aMIAMH, a predictive model of range ruminant diets in patchy environment.h[electronic resource]  c1993  aAbstract - A utilitarian simulation model of botanical composition of ruminant diets on rangelands is proposed. It emphasizes the use of forage resource diversity within the range ecosystem context. The forage species, within a plant community, are taken as the functional unit of the model. Four indices are defined: (a) a probability of encountering forage i in the plant community, (b) a structural index of bite taken in forage i, (c) a quality index of forage i, and (d) a selectivity index of the animal foraging. These indices are combined to calculate potential alimentary capacities of forage species (PAC), and to estimate their contribution to the diet taken from a particular plant community. An extrapolation to the overall habitat is then made, by an estimation of relative feeding times spent within the various plant communities of the rangeland.  aRuminant nutrition  aDieta  aNutrição  aQualidade  aRuminante  aCapacidade alimentar  aEspina forrageira  aModelos preditivos1 aQUIROZ, R.  tAgricultural Systemsgv. 43, n. 4, p. 381-395, 1993.