Trangie wallaby grass [Austrodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) H.P. Linder]

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-577

  Waters, C ^a   Dear, B ^b,d   Hackney, B ^b,d   Jessop, P ^c,d   Melville, G ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOTYPE; GRASS; PASTURE; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AUSTRODANTHONIA; AUSTRODANTHONIA RICHARDSONII; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA;

EID: 40449109452     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA07151     Document Type: Review

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