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GROWTH AND SEASONAL COMPOSITION OF NATURAL GRASSLAND IN ZAMBIA
Author(s) -
Rensburg H. J.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1968.tb00551.x
Subject(s) - cynodon dactylon , tussock , grassland , agronomy , biology , composition (language) , philosophy , linguistics
There was a marked increase in basal cover of veld grasses after the first 2 to 3 years of cutting, and this effect continued over a period of 9 years. Short grasses, such as Cynodon dactylon and Heteropogon contortus , increased at the expense of tall tussock grasses, such as Hyparrhenia dissoluta .