Seasonal availability of cool- and warm-season herbage in the northern mixed prairie

Rangelands

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 178-185

  Bork, Edward W ^a   Irving, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ecologic site; forage production; inverse texture effect; litter; seasonal grazing opportunities

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DUNE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; LITTER; LOAMY SAND; PRAIRIE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

POACEAE;

EID: 84944316801     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rala.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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