Tradeoffs in biomass and nutrient allocation in prairies and corn managed for bioenergy production

Crop Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1330-1342

  Jarchow, Meghann E ^a   Liebman, Matt ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859956549     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2011.09.0481     Document Type: Article

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