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An experimental cropping scheme of Hippopotami in the Letaba river of the Kruger National Park

Ph.D, U. de V. Pienaar, M.Sc, P Van Wyk, B.Sc. (Agric), N. Fairall
Koedoe | Vol 9, No 1 | a778 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v9i1.778 | © 1966 Ph.D, U. de V. Pienaar, M.Sc, P Van Wyk, B.Sc. (Agric), N. Fairall | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 May 1966 | Published: 28 May 1966

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Ph.D, U. de V. Pienaar,, South Africa
M.Sc, P Van Wyk,
B.Sc. (Agric), N. Fairall,

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An experimental cropping scheme of Hippopotami in the Letaba river of the Kruger National Park

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