Increased productivity of a cover crop mixture is not associated with enhanced agroecosystem services

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Richard G ^a   Atwood, Lesley W ^a   Warren, Nicholas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVER CROP; ENHANCED AGROECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; OAT; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WEED; CEREAL; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; HUMANS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; SEASONS;

EID: 84901351594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097351     Document Type: Article

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