Development options in Heteropogon contortus grasslands in south-east Queensland: Tree killing, legume oversowing and pasture replacement. 1. Pasture production and composition

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 129-151

  Tothill, J C ^a   McDonald, C K ^a   McHarg, G W ^a   Hargreaves, J N G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTIDA; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; CONYZA; CONYZA BONARIENSIS; DIGITARIA (ANGIOSPERM); DIGITARIA CILIARIS; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; PIPTOCHAETIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 57149086079     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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