The horizontal barrier effect of stems on the foraging behaviour of cattle grazing five tropical grasses

Livestock Science

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 229-238

  Benvenutti, Marcelo A ^a,b,d   Gordon, Iain J ^a   Poppi, Dennis P ^b   Crowther, Robert ^c   Spinks, Warwick ^c   Moreno, Fabiana C ^a,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cattle; Foraging behaviour; Tropical pastures

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOTHRIOCHLOA PERTUSA; CHLORIS BARBATA; CHLORIS GAYANA; CYNODON DACTYLON; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; POACEAE;

EID: 70349197490     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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