Managing C and N in grassland systems: The adaptive cycle theory perspective

Grassland Productivity and Ecosystems Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-82

  Bol, Roland ^a   Dunn, Robert M ^a   Pilgrim, Emma S ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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