The relationship of herbage mass and characteristics to animal responses in grazing experiments

Grazing Research: Design, Methodology, and Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 7-19

  Burns, J C ^a   Lippke, H ^b   Fisher, D S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal responses; Antiquality factors; Diet quality; Grazing experiments; Green leaf mass; Herbage characteristics; Herbage desnity; Herbage mass; Pasture productivity; Plant animal interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103004242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2135/cssaspecpub16.c2     Document Type: Chapter

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