Herbage volume per animal: A tool for rotational grazing management

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 395-402

  Duru, Michel ^b   Ducrocq, Hélène ^a   Bossuet, Luc ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dairy farms; Herbage height; Management; Nitrogen; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; ROTATION;

EID: 0033857063     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003750     Document Type: Review

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