Seasonal diet selection of cattle grazing a montane riparian community

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 539-545

  Evans, Steven G ^a   Pelster, Andrew J ^b   Leininger, Wayne C ^c   Trlica, M J ^c  

^a City Boulder Open Space Mt Parks D ^*  (United States)

^b City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Grazing management; Preference; Salix spp.; Steer diets; Utilization

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DIET; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

POA PRATENSIS; SALIX;

EID: 15944392834     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003985     Document Type: Article

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