Production, economic and environmental benefits of leucaena pastures

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-190

  Shelton, Max ^a   Dalzell, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 36649004303     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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