Pasture production in Northern Spain dairy systems

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-132

  Mosquera Losada, R ^a   Gonzalez Rodriguez A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigacions Agrarias de Mabegondo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Net pasture production; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; GRAZING PRESSURE; PASTURE;

(NORTH); SPAIN;

BOS TAURUS; SECALE CEREALE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344564136     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1999.9513362     Document Type: Article

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