Leaf area index, light extinction coefficient and herbage accumulation in Cynodon spp. swards under continuous stocking management;Índice de área foliar, coeficiente de extinção luminosa e acúmulo de forragem em pastagens de Cynodon spp. sob lotação contínua

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 187-195

  Fagundes, Jailson Lara ^a   Da Silva, Sila Cameiro ^a   Pedreira, Carlos Guilherme Silveira ^a   Carnevalli, Roberta Aparecida ^a   De Carvalho, Carlos Augusto Brandão ^b   Sbrissla, Andre Fisher ^b   De Moura Pinto, Luis Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WESALQ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feed grasses; Grassland management; Grazing intensity; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CYNODON; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 0035626401     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-204x2001000100023     Document Type: Article

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