Genetically modified hydrographs: What can grass genetics do for temperate catchment hydrology?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2217-2221

  Macleod, C J A ^a   Binley, A ^b   Hawkins, S L ^a   Humphreys, M W ^a   Turner, L B ^a   Whalley, W R ^c   Haygarth, P M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547816180     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6780     Document Type: Note

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