Livestock Management During Drought in the Northern Great Plains. I. A Practical Predictor of Annual Forage Production1

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 224-233

  Kruse, R E ^a   Tess, M W ^a   Heitschmidt, R K ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Modeling; Primary production; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949117940     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30967-0     Document Type: Article

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