Levels of seed in faeces of cattle grazing speargrass (Heteropogon contortus) pastures oversown with legumes in southern subcoastal Queensland

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  Jones, R M ^a   Bunch, G A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0032799462     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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