Nutritive value of some Zagros Mountain rangeland species

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 128-135

  Arzani, H ^a   Basiri, M ^b   Khatibi, F ^b   Ghorbani, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Forage quality; Iran; Mountain pasture; Native species

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON; BROMUS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA VIRGATA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FIBIGIA; GALIUM; GALIUM VERUM; HORDEUM BREVISUBULATUM SUBSP. VIOLACEUM; HORDEUM BULBOSUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LONICERA; LONICERA NUMMULARIIFOLIA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELICA; ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; SANGUISORBA; SANGUISORBA MINOR; SECURIGERA VARIA; SILENE; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 33747765217     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.05.033     Document Type: Article

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