Quantifying spatial heterogeneity in herbage mass and consumption in pastures

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-321

  Hirata, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic capacitance probe; Paspalum notatum; Patch grazing; Patch stability; Rate of defoliation; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATTLE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD INTAKE; PASTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM;

EID: 0033937514     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003439     Document Type: Article

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