Grass in the timeline of agriculture

Grassland: Quietness and Strength for a New American Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-13

  Kirschenmann, Frederick ^a   Gompert, Terry ^b   Williams, Allen ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Tallgrass Beef Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal species domestication; Cultivation; Forage species; Gathering culture; Grassland agriculture; Grazing management; Nomadic culture; Soil erosion; United states forage management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856705449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/2009.grassland.c1     Document Type: Chapter

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