Preferences of Angora goats for eight selections of grasses used for reclamation of Great Basin rangelands

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Ganskopp, D ^a   Richman, L ^b   Johnson, D ^c   Angell, R ^a   Cruz, R ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angora goat; Behaviour; Forage preference; Forage quality predictor; Foraging; Grazing; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; CAPRA HIRCUS; LEYMUS CINEREUS; POACEAE; PSATHYROSTACHYS JUNCEA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0040649810     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00747-4     Document Type: Article

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