Effect of cattle grazing on range perennial grasses in the Mendoza plain, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-213

  Guevara, J C ^a   Stasi, C R ^a   Estevez, O R ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cattle selectivity; diversity; frequency; grazing systems; live basal cover; perennial grass removal; rangeland

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GRAZING; RANGELAND;

ARGENTINA, MENDOZA PROVINCE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030251214     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0102     Document Type: Article

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