Implications of white clover introduction in East Himalayan grasslands

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 268-273

  Roder, Walter ^a   Dorji, Karma ^b   Wangdi, Kinzang ^c  

^a International Potato Center   (Bhutan)

^b Renewable Natural Resources Research Center   (Bhutan)

^c Dasho Dzongda ^*  (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Arundinella hookeri; Bhutan; Diversity; Fodder quality; Plant soil P dynamics; Soil parameters

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FODDER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ARUNDINELLA; BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM; ERAGROSTIS; POTENTILLA; SCHIZACHYRIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34548741388     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0751     Document Type: Article

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