Farmers preferences and use of local fodder flora in Tank District, Pakistan

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 6062-6071

  Badshah, Lal ^a   Hussain, Farrukh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Animal preferences; Herbivory; Palatability; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CON VOL VULUS ARVENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PALATABILITY; PLACE PREFERENCE; TREE; ZIZYPHUS MAURITIANA;

ACACIA NILOTICA; ANIMALIA; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 79960092553     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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