Botanical Composition of Diets of Cattle Grazing South Florida Rangeland
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Grazing behavior of rangeland beef cattle differing in biological type.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Range Management
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0022-409X
DOI: 10.2307/3898706