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Türk Tarım - Gıda Bilim ve Teknoloji dergisi, vol.7, no.10, pp.1629-1634, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Grazing activities of indigenous sheep breed of the Turkish breed Karakaş and Koçeri which weretranshumance flocks were investigated in a typical unimproved mountainous pasture in the East ofTurkey. Data were collected from two different flocks on main daily activities (grazing, resting,moving or standing) every fifteen minutes. The characteristics of the pastures around the routes wereassessed according to CORINE Land Cover classification system. Standing was a residual activityin both study paths. The animals concentrated their activity mostly on grazing while resting andmoving occurred in specific times during the whole grazing period. Once the animals were headingback to their main settlement areas to be milked, grazing activity have been increased. Further studieson grazing behavior and changes in land cover will help to adjust the management strategies to theavailable natural resources.