Comparing techniques for determining steer diets in northern Chihuahuan Desert

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Mofareh, Mohammad M ^a   Beck, Reldon F ^b   Schneberger, Alan G ^c  

^a Min of Agric and Water Resources   (Yemen)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NM Cattle Growers' Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

bite count; desert grassland; microhistological diet analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031016192     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002701     Document Type: Article

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