Dry matter yield and herbage quality of field margin vegetation as a function of vegetation development and management regime

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-60

  De Cauwer, B ^a   Reheul, Dirk ^a   Nijs, I ^b   Milbau, A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass; Crude fibre; Crude protein; Digestibility; Herbage removal; Legumes; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DIGESTIBILITY; DRY MATTER; LEGUME; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 33745748605     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(06)80003-5     Document Type: Article

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