The distribution of sweetveld and sourveld in south africa’s grassland biome in relation to environmental factors

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 38-45

  Ellery, W N ^a,b   Scholes, R J ^c   Scholes, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon and nutrient assimilation; Forage quality dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890021687     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10220119.1995.9647860     Document Type: Article

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