Dung of domestic grazing animals: Characteristics and role for grassland function;Déjections des herbivores domestiques au pâturage: Caractéristiques et rôle dans le fonctionnement des prairies

Productions Animales

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-56

  Bloor, J M G ^a   Jay Robert, P ^b   Le Morvan, A ^c,d   Fleurance, G ^c,d,e  

^a French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^c UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^e Institut Franc ais du Cheval et de l'Equitation   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861820915     PISSN: 09900632     EISSN: 11525428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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