Managing mineral N leaching in grassland systems

Grassland Productivity and Ecosystems Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 83-91

  Ledgard, Stewart F ^a   Luo, J ^a   Monaghan, R M ^b  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

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