stocking rate
- Subject Category
- L Animal Science and Animal Products
- Definition
- The actual number of animals, expressed in either animal units or animal unit months, on a specific area at a specific time.
- Definition Source
- Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9267.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9267
- Used For
- cage density
- rearing density
- stocking density
- Broader Term
- animal husbandry
- Related Term
- animal housing
- spawning
- species recruitment
- Spanish
- densidad de pastoreo
- Term Number
- 9267