Grasslands for production and the environment

Grassland: A Global Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 193-208

  Kemp, D R ^a   Michalk, D L ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Landscape; Nutrients; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871030233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-551-2     Document Type: Chapter

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