Seasonal grazing of Columbia milkvetch by cattle on rangelands in British Columbia

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-227

  Majak, Walter ^a   Stroesser, Leo ^a   Hall, John W ^a   Quinton, Dee A ^a   Douwes, Harriet E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astragalus miser var. serotinus; diet selection; poisonous plants; timber milkvetch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029744222     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002882     Document Type: Article

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