Influence of pasture condition on plant selection patterns by cattle: Its implications for vegetation change in a monsoon tallgrass rangeland

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 178-187

  Ash, A J ^a   Corfield, J P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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CHRYSOPOGON FALLAX; THEMEDA TRIANDRA;

EID: 0032441518     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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