Effects of grazing intensity, precipitation, and temperature on forage production

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 656-665

  Patton, Bob D ^a,b   Dong, Xuejun ^a   Nyren, Paul E ^a   Nyren, Anne ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Central Grasslands Research Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasslands; Grazing optimization hypothesis; Grazing pressure; Net primary production; Northern mixed grass prairie; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; FORAGE; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; POA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 36749031806     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-008R2.1     Document Type: Article

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