Plant and sward response to patch grazing in the Highland Sourveld

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 94-99

  Lutge B U ^a,b   Hatch, G P ^a   Hardy, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KwaZulu Natal Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Area selection; Etiolated growth; Grazing pattern; Herbage production; Plant vigour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002408029     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10220119.1996.9647905     Document Type: Article

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