
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jardine, R 
A1  - O'Brien, S 
A1  - Frew, MV 
T1  - Relationship of wool production to stocking rate in Victoria
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1975
VL  - 15
IS  - 74
SP  - 357
EP  - 362
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9750357 
N2  - Data from 14 stocking rate experiments, conducted over the period 1964-72, are used to derive a general relationship between wool production (W, kg sheep-1) and stocking rate (R, sheep ha-1), for the wool-growing areas of Victoria. This relationship is:       W  =  (2.10  +  1.11P  -  0.0045 C2)  -  (0.16  +  0.026 P  -  0.00054 C2). R, where P ('productivity', kg sheep-1) and C ('carrying capacity', sheep ha-1) characterise any particular locality in a given year. The relationship is shown to be in accord with a simple theoretical model. In addition, some comparative ewe-wether relationships are presented. 
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