Response of six tropical grasses to prescribed burning in the west coast of Mexico;Respuesta de seis gramíneas tropicales a la quema prescrita en la costa oeste de México

Tecnica Pecuaria en Mexico

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-411

  Avalos, José Francisco Villanueva ^a   Ramos, Luis Fernando Negrete ^b   González, José Carlos Villalobos ^a   Britton, Carlton M ^a  

^a Tech University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fire; Height; Prescribed burning; Quality; Tropical grasses; Yield

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; HEXAPODA; HYPARRHENIA RUFA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; POACEAE;

EID: 77956232573     PISSN: 00401889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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