Forage production and small ruminant grazing responses in Mediterranean shrublands as influenced by the reduction of shrub cover

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-238

  Papachristou, T G ^a   Platis, P D ^a   Papanastasis, V P ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Goats; Greece; Herbs; Improvement; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FORAGE PRODUCTION; GOAT; GRAZING RESPONSE; SHEEP; SHRUBLAND;

CAPRA HIRCUS; FAGACEAE; OVIS ARIES; QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 0030419072     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044455     Document Type: Article

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