The influence of stocking rate, range condition and rainfall on seasonal beef production pattèrns in the semi-arid savanna of KwaZulu-Natal

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 50-54

  Hatch, G P ^a,b   Tainton, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Modelling; Summer livemass gain; Winter livemass loss

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; PANICUM COLORATUM; PANICUM MAXIMUM; SPOROBOLUS; SPOROBOLUS NITENS; THEMEDA TRIANDRA; UROCHLOA MOSAMBICENSIS;

EID: 0031330043     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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