Grazing ecology

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-78

  Shankar, Vinod ^a   Singh, Jai Prakash ^a  

^a INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Grazer sociology; grazing behaviour; grazing ecology; grazing preferences grazing systems; grazing burning rotations; mixed herd grazing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029781408     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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