Long-term cattle gain responses to stocking rate and grazing systems in northern mixed-grass prairie

Livestock Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-69

  Derner, Justin D ^a   Hart, Richard H ^a   Smith, Michael A ^b   Waggoner Jr , James W ^b  

^a USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Average daily gain; Continuous grazing; Grazing pressure; Rotational grazing; Short duration grazing; Spring precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 47849086873     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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