Forage productivity of arid temperate harboi rangeland, Kalat, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1455-1470

  Hussain, Farrukh ^a   Durrani, Mufakhirah Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

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