Grazing Impacts on Soil Physical, Chemical, and Ecological Properties in Forage Production Systems

Soil Management: Building a Stable Base for Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 301-320

  Taboada, Miguel A ^a   Rubio, Gerardo ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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DOI: 10.2136/2011.soilmanagement.c20     Document Type: Chapter

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