Estimation of the herbaceous standing crop of the grassy plains of oi choro oiroua in the masai mara region of kenya

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 115-118

  Van Essen, L D ^a   Bothma, J Dup ^a   Van Rooyen, N ^a   Trollope, W S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calibration; Disc pasture meter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039768659     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110009485747     Document Type: Article

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