Conservation: erosion control, soil management and remediation, and effects on wildlife habitat

Tall Fescue for the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 489-507

  Joost, Richard E ^a  

^a United Soybean Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Erosion control; Soil formation; Soil management; Tall fescue; Water conservation; Wildlife habitat effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983597916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr53.c28     Document Type: Chapter

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