Data on anatomy, movement, and foraging behaviour of three cattle breeds of different productivity

Given are

• the breed of the cattle (AH: Angus×Holstein, OB: Original Braunvieh, HC: Highland cattle),
• the age of the cows in months,
• the body weight at the beginning (Weight_1) and the end (Weight_2) of the experiment in kg,
• the summarised base of all eight claws of each cow in cm²,
• the average number of steps per hour as recorded by the pedometer,
• the average speed in m h^-1,
• the ratio of the time spent lying as recorded by the pedometer,
• the evenness of space use calculated as Camargo’s index based on GPS positions,
• the evenness of forage selection calculated as Pielou’s evenness,
• the average forage quality indicator value (Briemle, Nitsche, and Nitsche 2002) of the selected diet,
• the ratio of broad leaved grasses, legumes, thistles and shrubs within the diet of each cow.

All measurements conducted on the pastures are presented as averaged over all pastures (xxx_mean) and separatly for the three pastures (xxx_1,  xxx_2, xxx_3).