Internet of Things for evaluating foraging and feeding behavior of cattle on grassland-based farming systems: concepts and review of sensor technologies

In this paper, we give an overview of the movement, foraging and feeding ecology as well as sensors technologies that could be embedded into an IoT-based platform for Precision Livestock Farming (PLF). A total of 43 peer-reviewed journal papers indexed by Web of Science were surveyed. Firstly, sensors technologies (e.g., RFID, GPS, or Accelerometer) used by the authors of each paper were identified. Then, papers were classified according to their applicability to ecological studies in the fields of foraging and feeding behavior.