The morphological responses of some Australian tussock grasses and the importance of tiller number in their resistance to trampling

Biological Conservation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 43-49

  Sun, Dan ^a   Liddle, M J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; grasses; plant morphology; trampling resistance

Indexed keywords

TRAMPLING RESISTANCE; TUSSOCK GRASS;

CHLORIS GAYANA; ERAGROSTIS TENUIFOLIA; LOLIUM PERENNE; PANICUM MAXIMUM; SPOROBOLUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 0027384484     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(93)90195-7     Document Type: Article

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