Extensive ruminant farming systems highlight animal coping processes based on robustness, flexibility and plasticity;Robustesse, flexibilité, plasticité : Des processus adaptatifs révélés dans les systèmes d'élevage extensifs de ruminants

Productions Animales

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-80

  Blanc, F ^a,b   Dumont, B ^c   Brunschwig, G ^a,b   Bocquier, F ^d,e,f   Agabriel, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^d UMR SELMET   (France)

^e MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^f CIRAD   (France)

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ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 84861762427     PISSN: 09900632     EISSN: 11525428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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