Sward composition and grazer species effects on nutritive value and herbage accumulation

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 497-506

  Seither, M ^a   Wrage, N ^b   Isselstein, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b RHINE WAAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84858028229     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2011.0322     Document Type: Article

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