Effects of integrated components on available forage model in Southern rangeland of Iran

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Badjian, G R ^a   Ismail, D ^b   Othman, M S ^b   Mehrabi, A A ^c  

^a Fars Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources Iran   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Available forage model; Iran; Southern rangeland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36448963808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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