Assessing the potential of mixed grazing goats with beef cattle to improve animal performance and increase the utilization of marginal pasturelands in the Appalachian coal region
Reclaimed coal-mined lands in the Appalachian region can be successful established and utilized for beef cattle production. Currently, these areas are underutilized partly due to an increase in invasive plant species, such as multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora Thunb. Ex Murr.), autumn olive (Elaeagnus...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31747 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04172008-135352/ |