Herbage yield and cattle preference for dryland pasture grasses
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Effects of herbage mass and herbage quality on spatially heterogeneous grazing by cattle in a bahia grass ( Paspalum notatum ) pasture
Small-scale patches (locations of 50 cm × 50 cm at a feeding station level) in a bahia grass ( Paspalum notatum ) pasture under cattle grazing were investigated in terms of herbage mass, quality and utilisation during a grazing season (May–November), to characterise the quantityquality relationship of patches and relate this to spatially heterogeneous grazing by animals. Nitrogen concentration ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Animal Science
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0008-3984,1918-1825
DOI: 10.4141/a97-097