Adaptive management of stocking rates to reduce effects of drought on cow-calf production systems in semi-arid rangelands

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 43-50

  Diaz Solis H ^a   Grant, W E ^b   Kothmann, M M ^b   Teague, W R ^b,c   Diaz Garcia J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle production; Range condition; Range productivity; Rangeland simulation model; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DROUGHT; GRAZING; MORTALITY; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; STOCKING DENSITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

COAHUILA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 63349103384     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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