Demography of three perennial grasses in a central Queensland eucalypt woodland

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-437

  Jones, P ^a   Filet, P ^a   Orr, D M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bothriochloa ewartiana; Chrysopogon fallax; Heteropogon contortus; Plant; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

BOTHRIOCHLOA; CHRYSOPOGON FALLAX; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; PIPTOCHAETIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 71949093951     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ09035     Document Type: Article

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