Brangus cow-calf performance under two stocking levels on Chihuahuan Desert rangeland

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-114

  Thomas, Milt ^a   Hawkes, Jerry ^a   Khumalo, Godfrey ^a   Holechek, Jerry L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle productivity; Drought; Forage; Grazing management; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CATTLE; DROUGHT; FORAGE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; PREGNANCY; PRODUCTIVITY; RANGELAND; STOCKING DENSITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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EID: 33846926138     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-011R2.1     Document Type: Article

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