Karoobush defoliation in the arid Karoo

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-111

  Du Toit, Piérre C V ^a  

^a Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

applied stocking rates; grazed stem diameters; optimum stocking rates; production

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; PENTZIA; PENTZIA SPINESCENS; ROSENIA HUMILIS;

STEM DIAMETER; STOCKING RATE;

SOUTH AFRICA, KAROO;

EID: 0029663432     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002677     Document Type: Article

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