Bitterbrush and cheatgrass quality on 3 southwest Idaho winter ranges

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 595-602

  Bishop, Chad J ^a   Garton, Edward O ^a   Unsworth, James W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Crude protein; In vitro dry matter digestibility; Mule deer; Nutritional quality; Purshia tridentata

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342984272     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003590     Document Type: Article

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