Morphological, chemical and nutritional properties of forage plants in a natural rangeland in Turkey

Bangladesh Journal of Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Ayan, I ^a   Acar, Z ^a   Mut, H ^a   Basaran, U ^a   Asci, Ozlem ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forage plants; Mineral content; Morphological properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846016615     PISSN: 02535416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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