Technical note: Predicting the components of aerial biomass of fourwing saltbush from shrub height and volume

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-325

  Thomson, Euan F ^a   Mirza, Sarwat N ^a   Afzal, Javed ^a  

^a PAKISTAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atriplex canescens; Balochistan; Pakistan; Regression models

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; FOURWIN SALTBUSH;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0031961023     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003418     Document Type: Article

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