Forage quality of leaf-fodder from the main broad-leaved woody species and its possible consequences for the Holocene development of forest vegetation in Central Europe

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 607-613

  Hejcmanová, Pavla ^a   Stejskalová, Michaela ^a   Hejcman, Michal ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agricultural history; Leaf fodder; Livestock feeding; Nutritive value; Prehistory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905676031     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-013-0414-2     Document Type: Article

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