Relationships between physical and chemical characteristics of 3 Sandhills grasses

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-360

  Northup, Brian K ^a,c   Nichols, James T ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Forage quality; Structural development; Tiller maturation

Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON HALLII; ANDROPOGON SCOPARIUS; CALAMOVILFA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 0031839952     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003422     Document Type: Article

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