Short-term effects of rabbit grazing on a degraded short-tussock grassland in Central Otago

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-288

  Norbury, D C ^a,b   Norbury, G L ^a  

^a Wildlife Ecology and Management Team   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Grazing impacts; Herbage yield; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit; Tussock grassland; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; RABBIT; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, OTAGO;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030324604     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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