Primary production of grasslands, herbage accumulation and use, and impacts of climate change

Grassland Productivity and Ecosystems Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-18

  Parsons, Anthony ^a   Rowarth, Jacqueline ^a   Thornley, John ^b   Newton, Paul ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Massey University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84860433153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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