The effect of the density and physical properties of grass stems on the foraging behaviour and instantaneous intake rate by cattle grazing an artificial reproductive tropical sward

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-281

  Benvenutti, M A ^a,b,c   Gordon, I J ^a   Poppi, D P ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bite dimensions; Foraging behaviour; Stem physical properties; Sward structure

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DEFOLIATION; DENSITY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRAZING; STEM; SWARD;

BOS TAURUS; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

EID: 33746869982     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2006.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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