Diets of angora goats grazing leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)-infested rangeland

Weed Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 734-738

  Kirby, Donald R ^a   Hanson, Thomas P ^b   Sieg, Carolyn Hull ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b N Central Research Extension Center   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; EPHES; Integrated management; Nutrient content; Relative preference index

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DIET; GOAT; GRAZING; LEAFY SPURGE;

NORTH DAKOTA; USA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; EUPHORBIA ESULA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 0031474547     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x00043359     Document Type: Article

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