Predicting nitrogen content in the northern mixed-grass prairie

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-160

  Haferkamp, M R ^a   MacNeil, M D ^a   Grings, E E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage nutritive quality; Grazing; Montana; Northern Great Plains; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; NITROGEN;

EID: 22744452345     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/04-01.1     Document Type: Article

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