Preferences and behavior of cattle grazing 8 varieties of grasses

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 578-586

  Ganskopp, David ^a   Myers, Bill ^b   Lambert, Scott ^c   Cruz, Ruben ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Washington State Univ ^*  (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin wildrye; Bluebunch wheatgrass; Crested wheatgrass; Foraging theory; Palatability; Patchy environment; Russian wildrye; Selectivity; Snake River wheatgrass; Thickspike wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; BOS TAURUS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS; LEYMUS CINEREUS; POACEAE; PSATHYROSTACHYS JUNCEA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030780901     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003451     Document Type: Article

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