Tree windbreaks and shelter benefits to pasture in temperate grazing systems

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-54

  Bird, P R ^a  

^a Hamilton Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forage; Grass; Pasture; Plant; Shelterbelt

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031695323     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006092104201     Document Type: Article

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