How do severity and frequency of grazing affect sward characteristics and the choices of sheep during the grazing season?
- 1 June 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Grass and Forage Science
- Vol. 58 (2) , 138-150
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2494.2003.00363.x
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