Seedling recruitment dynamics of forage and weed species under continuous and rotational sheep grazing in a temperate New Zealand pasture

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 186-199

  Edwards, G R ^a   Hay, M J M ^b   Brock, J L ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Grazing intensity; Seedling emergence; Seedling survival; Slug grazing

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; RECRUITMENT; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

CIRSIUM ARVENSE; CIRSIUM VULGARE; GASTROPODA; LANCEOLATA; LOLIUM PERENNE; LOTUS PEDUNCULATUS; LOTUS ULIGINOSUS; OVIS ARIES; PASPALUM DILATATUM; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 19544381057     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2005.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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