Influence of grazing frequency and intensity on the density and persistence of Lolium perenne tillers under subtropical conditions

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Mckenzie, F R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURE VICTORIA RESEARCH   (Australia)

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