Survival of mesquite seedlings emerging from cattle and wildlife feces in a semi-arid grassland

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-312

  Kramp, B A ^a   Ansley, R J ^a   Tunnell, T R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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