Rotational grazing systems and livestock grazing behavior in shrub-dominated semi-arid and arid rangelands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Bailey, Derek W ^a   Brown, Joel R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging strategies; grazing management; grazing systems; livestock behavior; livestock distribution; stocking density

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DEFOLIATION; FORAGE; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCKING DENSITY; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79251471414     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00184.1     Document Type: Article

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