Yield and feeding of prairie grasses in east-central Alberta

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Suleiman, Abdullatif ^a   Okine, Erasmus K ^a   Goonewardene, Laksiri A ^a   Day, Phyllis A ^a   Yaremcio, Barry ^a   Recinos Diaz, Guillermo ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding value; Nutrient composition; Prairie grasses; Yield

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; YIELD;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON INTERMEDIUM; AGROPYRON RIPARIUM; AGROPYRON TRACHYCAULUM; AGROPYRON TRICHOPHORUM; ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; BOS TAURUS; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; CANIDAE; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS SUBSP. LANCEOLATUS; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS TRACHYCAULUS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FESTUCA RUBRA; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM; TRICHOPHORUM;

EID: 0032926733     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003495     Document Type: Article

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