Diets of 3 cattle breeds on Chihuahuan Desert rangeland

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 270-275

  De Alba Becerra, R ^a   Winder, J ^a,b   Holechek, J L ^a   Cardenas, M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle breeding; Forage; Grazing management; Nutrition; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ARISTIDA; BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; SPOROBOLUS;

EID: 0031840266     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003410     Document Type: Article

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