Impact of pugging by dairy cows on pastures and indicators of pugging damage to pasture soil in south-western Victoria

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-43

  Nie, Z N ^a   Ward, G N ^a   Michael, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pasture utilisation; Plant population density; Pugging score; Soil moisture; Soil strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035132903     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR00063     Document Type: Article

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