Identification and creation of optimum habitat conditions for livestock

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-118

  Bailey, Derek W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral mechanisms; Distribution; Foraging; Grazing; Management

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22744446736     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/03-147.1     Document Type: Article

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