Frequency of defoliation of native and naturalized species of the Flooding Pampas (Argentina)

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 344-351

  Agnusdei, M G ^a   Mazzanti, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Defoliation patterns; Species selectivity; Temperate subhumid grasslands

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DEFOLIATION; FOOD SELECTION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; SWARD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; LEERSIA HEXANDRA; LOTUS; LOTUS TENUIS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0035705885     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2001.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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