Cattle Diets on Seeded Clearcut Areas in Central Interior British Columbia
Citation
Quinton, D. A. (1984). Cattle diets on seeded clearcut areas in central interior British Columbia. Journal of Range Management, 37(4), 349-352.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3898709Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
The bite count technique was used to estimate the botanical composition of cattle diets for deferred rotation and continuous grazing systems on seeded forest range previously clearcut of spruce and pine. There was more variability in diets among grazing periods and years within grazing systems than between grazing systems. Grass, forbs, and shrubs averaged 58.5%, 33.5%, and 9% of the diet, respectively. Orchardgrass, timothy, bromegrass, horsetail, lupine, aster and willow were the major forage species consumed. Diets changed moderately from July through August with a more pronounced change in September. With advanced maturity of grass during dry years, forb usage increased, with some instances of use as high as 54% of the diet.Type
textArticle
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3898709