The sanborn field experiment: Implications for long-term soil organic carbon levels

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 268-278

  Miles, Randall J ^a   Brown, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 79951735914     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0221s     Document Type: Article

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