Thurber needlegrass: Seasonal defoliation effects on forage quantity and quality

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-281

  Ganskopp, David ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage conditioning; Grazing; Herbage production; Livestock nutrition; Rangelands; Regrowth; Soil moisture; Stipa thurberiana Piper

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; FORAGE QUALITY; FORAGE QUANTITY; RANGELAND;

STIPA THURBERIANA;

EID: 0031811369     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003411     Document Type: Article

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