Responsible use of exotic tropical pasture cultivars - An ecological framework

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-336

  Mcivor, J G ^a   Mcintyre, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0006087373     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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