Pasture composition in cleared and uncleared woodlands

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 459-470

  Kaur, Kamaljit ^a,b   Midmore, David J ^a   Jalota, Rajesh K ^a   Ashwath, Nanjappa ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; GRASSLAND; PASTURE; SOWING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND; YIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ACACIA; ACACIA HARPOPHYLLA; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MELANOPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS POPULNEA; POACEAE;

EID: 33746931640     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT05174     Document Type: Article

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