Pasture intake and milk production of dairy cows rotationally grazing on multi-species swards

Increasing plant species diversity has been proposed as a means for enhancing annual pasture productivity and decreasing seasonal variability of pasture production facing more frequent drought scenarios due to climate change. Few studies have examined how botanical complexity of sown swards affects...

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Main Authors: A.I. Roca-Fernández, J.L. Peyraud, L. Delaby, R. Delagarde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116000331