Dry season foraging preferences of cattle and sheep in a communal area of South Africa

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  African Journal of Range & Forage Science

• Publication date

  2007-10-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2989/AJRFS.2007.24.3.1.294
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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