Replacing bare fallows with cover crops in fertilizer-intensive cropping systems: A meta-analysis of crop yield and N dynamics

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  2006

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  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.AGEE.2005.07.003
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