Dynamics of plant populations in Heteropogon contortus (black spear grass) pastures on a granite landscape in southern Queensland. 2. Seed production and soil seed banks of H. contortus

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-41

  Orr, D M ^a   Paton, C J ^a   Playford, C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

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HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS;

EID: 1842844339     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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