Evapotranspiration, water‐use efficiency and quality of six dryland planted pasture species and natural vegetation, in a semi‐arid rangelandFootnote¹

Presented at the 28th Annual Congress of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa, 19–21 January 1993.

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