Variations in nutritional quality and biomass production of semiarid grasslands

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 570-576

  Pérez Corona, M Esther ^a   Vâzquez De Aldana, Beatriz R ^a   Criado, Balbino García ^a   Ciudad, Antonia García ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Macronutrients; Mediterranean ecosystems; Relationships; Seasonal variation; Topographical gradient

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEMIARID REGION;

SPAIN;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031695384     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003378     Document Type: Article

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