Nutritional Quality of Tree and Understorey Forage in Silvopastoral Systems

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 363-384

  Lowry, J Brian ^a   Wilson, John R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia spp.; Albizia spp.; Deciduous; Digestibility; Hydraulic lift; Impact index; Leaf phenology; NDF

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ALBIZIA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PHYLLANTHUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0033264827     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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