Seasonal diets of sheep in the steppe region of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-30

  Posse, Gabriela ^a   Anchorena, Juan ^a   Collantes, Marta B ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

landscape; Magellanic steppe; sheep botanical diet; shrubs; tussock grass

Indexed keywords

CYPERACEAE; DESCHAMPSIA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA GRACILLIMA; JUNCUS; OVIS ARIES; POA; POACEAE;

DIET; SEASONALITY;

ARGENTINA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO;

EID: 0029661546     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002720     Document Type: Article

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