Suitability of Mediterranean oak woodland for beef herd husbandry

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 255-261

  Henkin, Z ^a,b   Gutman, M ^b   Aharon, Hava ^a   Perevolotsky, A ^b   Ungar, E D ^b   Seligman, N G ^a  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal performance; Cattle; Farming system; Feed supplementation; Landscape ecology; Quercus calliprinos

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; WOODLAND;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GALILEE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; KERMES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CALLIPRINOS;

EID: 22144431590     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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