Forage quality in relation to long-term grazing history, current-year defoliation, and water resource

Oecologia

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 366-374

  Milchunas, D G ^a   Varnamkhasti, A S ^a   Lauenroth, W K ^a   Goetz, H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Defoliation Precipitation; Grazing history; Grazing intensities; Nutritional quality

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; FORAGE; GRAZING; NITROGEN;

EID: 0028974904     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328824     Document Type: Article

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