Switchgrass recruitment from broadcast seed vs. seed fed to cattle

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 368-371

  Ocumpaugh, W R ^a   Archer, S ^a   Stuth, J W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(Panicum virgatum L.); plant establishment; revegetation restoration; seed dispersal; seed germination; seed feeding

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0029811891     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002599     Document Type: Article

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