The development of a model to assess the effects of rabbit grazing on grass

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-322

  Dendy, Julie ^a   McKillop, Gordon ^a,b   Fox, Sue ^a   Western, Gavin ^a   Langton, Steve ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b STRI   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grazing damage; Rabbits; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; GRAZING; LAGOMORPH; PEST DAMAGE; SILAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038688769     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00256.x     Document Type: Article

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