Impacts of grazing management options on pasture and animal productivity in a Heteropogon contortus (black speargrass) pasture in central Queensland. 1. Pasture yield and composition

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-181

  Orr, D M ^a   Burrows, W H ^a   Hendricksen, R E ^a   Clem, R L ^a   Back, P V ^a   Rutherford, M T ^a   Myles, D J ^a   Conway, M J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burning; Heteropogon contortus pastures; Legume oversowing; Species composition; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

BURNING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIET; GRASS; GRAZING; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOWING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOTHRIOCHLOA BLADHII; CHLORIS DIVARICATA; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; PIPTOCHAETIUM; STYLOSANTHES SCABRA;

EID: 77949348479     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP09193     Document Type: Article

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