Dynamics in lamina size in a bahia grass (Paspalum notatum) pasture under cattle grazing

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 180-192

  Hirata, Masahiko ^a   Pakiding, W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASPALUM NOTATUM;

EID: 0036759535     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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