Frequency distributions of sward height under sheep grazing

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-16

  Barthram, G T ^a   Duff, E I ^b   Elston, D A ^b   Griffiths, J H ^a   Common, T G ^a   Marriott, C A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double normal distribution; Frequency distribution; Gamma distribution; Log normal distribution; Sward height; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

GRAZING;

BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 15544386511     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2005.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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