Grassland–Cropping Rotations: An Avenue for Agricultural Diversification to Reconcile High Production with Environmental Quality

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Environmental Management

• Publication date

  2015-06-13

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00267-015-0561-6PMID 26070897
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