The role of native grasses and legumes for land revegetation in central and eastern Australia with particular reference to low rainfall areas

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 304-310

  Waters, C M ^a   Loch, D S ^b   Johnston, P W ^c  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c NSW Agriculture ^*

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EID: 0141950311     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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