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The effects of temporal variation in the water climate on beef cattle reproduction in the seasonally dry tropics of Australia

  • Symposium on Animal Reproduction in Tropical Climates
  • Held during the 6th International Biometeorological Congress at Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3–9 September 1972
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  1. C.S.I.R.O. Division of Animal Physiology, Pastoral Research Laboratory, 4810, Townsville, Qld., Australia

    B. D. Siebert

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Siebert, B.D. The effects of temporal variation in the water climate on beef cattle reproduction in the seasonally dry tropics of Australia. Int J Biometeorol 17, 123–129 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01809797

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