A simplified method for characterising agronomic services provided by species-rich grasslands

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 420-433

  Duru, Michel ^a   Cruz, Pablo ^a   Theau, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Dicotyledon; Digestibility; Grass; Growth; Leaf dry matter content; Nitrogen; Plant trait; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DATABASE; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERSITY INDEX; DRY MATTER; GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 77952523425     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP09296     Document Type: Article

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