Impact of short-term exclosure from grazing on pasture recovery from drought in six Queensland pasture communities

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 202-212

  Orr, D M ^a   Yee, M C ^a   Myles, D J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; NEBO; POACEAE;

EID: 34248402475     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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