Sheep productivity in an Astrebla grassland of south-west Queensland [factors]
1988
Orr, D.M. | Evenson, C.J. | Jordan, D.J. | Bowly, P.S. | Lehane, K.J. | Cowan, D.C. (Queensland Dept. of Primary Industries, Charleville (Australia). Charleville Pastoral Lab.)
A five-year study found large differences in liveweight, wool growth and reproductive performance between years. These are attributed to the seasonal incidence of rainfall; reproductive performance in particular was sensitive to the quality of feed available around lambing, which depended in turn on the rainfall pattern.
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