Compatibility of delayed cutting regime with bird breeding and hay nutritional quality

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 245-253

  Nocera, Joseph J ^a   Parsons, Glen J ^b   Milton, G Randy ^b   Fredeen, Alan H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bobolink; Breeding phenology; Crude protein; Fledging rate; Grassland birds; Hay cutting; Livestock nutrition

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CONSERVATION; GRASSLAND; HAY; PHENOLOGY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMMODRAMUS NELSONI; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS;

EID: 16344385994     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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