Technical note: Range condition in high cattle density areas in the Western Province of Zambia

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 569-573

  Baars, R M T ^a,b   Chileshe, B C ^a   Kalokoni, D M ^a  

^a Department of Veterinary and Tsetse Control Services ^*  (Zambia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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