Pasture and cattle responses in rotationally stocked grazing systems sown with differing levels of species richness

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2062-2068

  Tracy, Benjamin F ^a   Faulkner, Dan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33749523055     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.12.0473     Document Type: Article

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