Evolution of integrated crop-livestock production systems

Grassland: A Global Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-148

  Entz, M H ^a   Bellotti, W D ^b   Powell, J M ^c   Angadi, S V ^a   Chen, W ^b   Ominski, K H ^a   Boelt, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forage and pasture crops; Ley farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248562599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-551-2     Document Type: Chapter

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