Nitrogen Mineralization in Temperate Agricultural Soils: Processes and Measurement

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 57, Issue C, 1996, Pages 187-235

  Jarvis, Stephen C ^a   Stockdale, Elizabeth A ^b   Shepherd, Mark A ^c   Powlson, David S ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Arable Crops Research   (United Kingdom)

^c ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956953922     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(08)60925-6     Document Type: Article

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