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. 2011 Aug 5;108(6):1203–1212. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcr171

Table 3.

Potential bite mass, TAI of the residual sward canopy and LIEtot after grazing for a single centred bite (0·005026 m2 area and 0·04 m depth)

(A) Bite formt
Rectangular bite Cylindrical bite Half-spherical bite
Structure S1
 Bite mass (10−3 kg) 0·422 0·436 0·269
 Residual TAI (m2 m−2) 0·966 0·952 1·124
 LIEtot after grazing 0·452 0·445 0·507
Structure S4
 Bite mass (10−3 kg) 0·430 0·497 0·336
 Residual TAI (m2 m−2) 2·063 1·983 2·221
 LIEtot after grazing 0·704 0·688 0·735
(B) Bite placement
No grazing
 Discontinuous
 Contiguous
 Overlapped
Sward structure S1 S4 S1 S4 S1 S4 S1 S4
Residual DM (10−3 kg) 1·493 1·778 0·969 1·298 0·953 1·284 0·939 1·282
Mean bite mass (10−3 kg) – – 0·262 0·240 0·270 0·247 0·277 0·248
Residual TAI (m2 m−2) 1·391 2·743 0·844 1·983 0·830 1·942 0·816 1·955
LIEtot after grazing 0·586 0·826 0·410 0·669 0·405 0·637 0·397 0·652

The sward canopies analysed, S1 and S4, were previously defoliated at HR = 0·08 m. In (A) there are three simulated bite geometries: rectangular, cylindrical and half-spherical. In (B) there are three simulated placements: discontinuous, contiguous and 5 % area overlapping.