Persistence of a field heterogeneity index

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-250

  Lin, C S ^a   Morrison, M J ^a   Binn, M R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field heterogeneity index; plot size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029783018     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps96-044     Document Type: Article

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