The choice of grass species to combat desertification in semi-arid Kenyan rangelands is greatly influenced by their forage value for livestock-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The choice of grass species to combat desertification in semi-arid Kenyan rangelands is greatly influenced by their forage value for livestock

Published:2013-10-22 Issue:1 Volume:70 Page:161-167
ISSN:0142-5242
Container-title:Grass and Forage Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Grass Forage Sci

Author:

Mganga K. Z.¹,Musimba N. K. R.¹,Nyariki D. M.¹,Nyangito M. M.²,Mwang'ombe A. W.³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Range and Wildlife Sciences; South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU); School of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Kitui Kenya

2. Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology; University of Nairobi; College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Nairobi Kenya

3. Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection; University of Nairobi; College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Nairobi Kenya

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Agronomy and Crop Science

Link

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/gfs.12089/fullpdf

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