Grazing preferences of cattle in regenerating aspen forest
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Publication Year
1969
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FitzGerald et al. evaluated the preferences of cattle for major plant species with regards to regenerating post-burned aspen (Populus tremuloides) forest. Cattle grazed forest more when grasses matured more toward the end of the growing season. Cattle preferred herbaceous species when present, and of shrub species, cattle preferred wild rose (Rosa spp.) and wild raspberry (Rubus strigosus) over aspen, but preferred aspen over snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis). Aspen was grazed more often late in the season.
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en
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Keywords
grazing
cattle
Populus tremuloides
Aspen
preference
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