Effect of grazing pattern on primary productivity

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 431-436

  Semmartin, María ^a   Oesterheld, Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FLOODING; GRAZING; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

ARGENTINA, FLOODING PAMPA;

EID: 0030303792     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545883     Document Type: Article

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