Altitudinal and seasonal variation in herbage composition and energy and protein content of grasslands on Mt Varnoudas, NW Greece

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 174-183

  Mountousis, I ^a   Dotas, V ^b   Stanogias, G ^a   Papanikolaou, K ^b   Roukos, C H ^b   Liamadis, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Botanical composition; Energy; Herbage quality; Mt Varnoudas; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952706305     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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