Deposition and decomposition of signal grass pasture litter under varying nitrogen fertilizer and stocking rates

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 999-1004

  Apolinário, Valéria X O ^a   Dubeux Jr , José C B ^b   Mello, Alexandre C L ^b   Vendramini, João M B ^c   Lira, Mário A ^a   Santos, Mércia V F ^b   Muir, James P ^d  

^a Instituto Agronomico de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883058610     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0433     Document Type: Article

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