Effects of summer sheep grazing on browse nutritive quality in autumn and winter

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 346-354

  Alpe, Michael J ^a   Kingery, James L ^a   Mosley, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Browse; Forage quality; Livestock; Nutrition; Prescribed grazing; Sheep; Shrubs; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUTRITION; QUALITY CONTROL;

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS SANGUINEUS; OVIS ARIES; PHYSCARPUS; PHYSCARPUS MALVACEUS; PHYSOCARPUS MALVACEUS; PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS; ROSA; RUBUS PARVIFLORUS; SALIX; SALIX SCOULERIANA; SYMPHORICARPUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032900191     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802518     Document Type: Article

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