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Preferential grazing of five varieties of spring barley by wild rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Author(s) -
BELL A. C.,
WATSON S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1993.tb04064.x
Subject(s) - biology , grazing , hordeum vulgare , agronomy , spring (device) , poaceae , sugar , food science , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary Assessment of grazing damage to five varieties of spring barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) by wild rabbits in an enclosed site revealed varietal differences. The variety Atem was consistently least grazed and Triumph most grazed by rabbits. When variety effects were removed from the analysis significant negative correlations were observed between plant height and stem damage. Differences in sugar content of varieties did not fully explain varietal selection by grazing rabbits.