Pasture degradation and restoration by legumes in humid tropical Costa Rica

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-110

  Bouman, B A M ^a,c   Nieuwenhuyse, A ^a   Ibrahim, M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

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EID: 0033367913     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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