Dynamics of plant populations in Heteropogon contortus (black speargrass) pastures on a granite landscape in southern Queensland. 1. Dynamics of H. contortus populations

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-30

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; PIPTOCHAETIUM;

EID: 1842866264     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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