Forage selection by cattle on fescue prairie in summer or winter

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 496-500

  Willms, Walter D ^a   Rode, Lyle M ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aster laevis; Danthonia parryi; Festuca campestris; Festuca idahoensis; Species preference

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ALBERTA; CANADA; STAVELY;

ANIMALIA; ASTER; BOS TAURUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; DANTHONIA PARRYI; FESTUCA CAMPESTRIS; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM LAEVE LAEVE;

EID: 0031661834     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003364     Document Type: Article

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