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The effect of grazing by cattle on animal performance and floristic composition in Nardus-dominant swards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

T. G. Common ,
I. A. Wright  and
S. A. Grant
T. G. Common
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ
I. A. Wright
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ
S. A. Grant
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ

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Poster Abstracts
Information
BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 18: Livestock Production and Land Use in Hills and Uplands , January 1994 , pp. 105 - 106
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1994

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