Interannual variations of above-ground biomass and nutritional quality of Mediterranean grasslands in Western Spain over a 20-year period

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 769-779

  Vazquez De Aldana B R ^a   Garcia Ciudad A ^a   Garcia Criado B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

'Dehesa'; Climate; Digestibility; Pastures; Protein; Temporal models

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANNUAL VARIATION; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; NUTRITION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; TOPOGRAPHY;

GUANAJUATO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SALAMANCA;

POACEAE;

EID: 48349091357     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR07359     Document Type: Article

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