Cattle in the Patagonian forests: Feeding ecology in Los Alerces National Reserve

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1306-1314

  Vila, Alejandro R ^a   Borrelli, Laura ^b  

^a Amenabar 1595 ^*  (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bos taurus; Diet composition; Forage selection; Microhistological analysis; Nothofagus forest; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DIET COMPOSITION; FORAGE SELECTION; MICROHISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; NOTHOFAGUS; PATAGONIA;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING;

NUTRITION;

CATTLE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; FECES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; HISTOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIONAL PARK; RANCHING; SHRUB;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; LOS ALERCES NATIONAL PARK; PATAGONIA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; BERBERIS; BOS; BOS TAURUS; CHUSQUEA CULEOU; MAYTENUS; NOTHOFAGUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 79951952079     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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