Stocker cattle response to grazing management in tallgrass prairie

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-126

  McCollum III, F Ted ^a,c   Gillen, Robert L ^b,c   Karges, Brock R ^c   Hodges, Mark E ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oklahoma Wheat Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Average daily gain; Continuous stocking; Grazing method; Rotational stocking; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRAIRIE; STOCKING DENSITY;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 0033014119     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003504     Document Type: Article

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