The place of C4 grasses in temperate pastures in Australia

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 527-540

  Johnston, W H ^a  

^a NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

C3 grasses; C4 grasses; Grazing; Native grasslands; Pasture ecology

Indexed keywords

PANICOIDEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0030451575     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1996.9513213     Document Type: Article

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