Seasonal herbage production from two range types in southern mozambique

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Muir, J P ^a   Alage, A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inst de Produção Anim   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Biomass; Foggage; Forage quality; Rainfall; Species composition; Stockpiled forage; Veld

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037493236     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110109485753     Document Type: Article

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