Effect of sward attributes on legume selection by oesophageal-fistulated and non-fistulated steers grazing a tropical grass-legume pasture

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 227-238

  Hess, H D ^a,b   Kreuzer, M ^a   Nosberger J ^a   Wenk, C ^a   Lascano, C E ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ctro Internacional de Agric Trop   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS; ARACHIS PINTOI; BRACHIARIA;

EID: 0038420954     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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