Management options in Heteropogon contortus grasslands in south-east Queensland: Burning, high stocking rate with dry season supplementation and pasture oversowing

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-83

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARISTIDA; BOTHRIOCHLOA DECIPIENS; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON REFRACTUS; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PIPTOCHAETIUM;

EID: 77952687333     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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