Leaf traits affect the above-ground productivity and quality of pasture grasses

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Functional Ecology

• Publication date

  2007-10-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/J.1365-2435.2007.01316.X
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