A systems approach to assess farm-scale nutrient and trace element dynamics: A case study at the Öjebyn dairy farm

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Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 301-310

  Öborn, Ingrid ^a   Modin Edman, Anna Karin ^d   Bengtsson, Helena ^a   Gustafson, Gunnela M ^a,b   Salomon, Eva ^e   Ingvar Nilsson, S ^a   Holmqvist, Johan ^c   Jonsson, Simon ^a,b   Sverdrup, Harald ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b and Management ^*  (Sweden)

^c SWECO AB   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 22344441688     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.4.301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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