Climate profiles of temperate C3 and subtropical C4 species in New Zealand pastures

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-233

  Campbell, B D ^a   Mitchell, N D ^b   Field, T R O ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BIOCLIM; C3; C4; Climate; Grassland; Rainfall; Solar radiation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE; GROWTH; PASTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; AXONOPUS AFFINIS; AXONOPUS FISSIFOLIUS; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE INDICA; LOLIUM PERENNE; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; PASPALUM DISTICHUM; PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; RYTIDOSPERMA; RYTIDOSPERMA RACEMOSUM; SETARIA GENICULATA; SPOROBOLUS; SPOROBOLUS AFRICANUS; SPOROBOLUS INDICUS CAPENSIS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0032699262     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1999.9513373     Document Type: Article

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