Larger yields of mixtures than monocultures of cultivated grassland species match with asynchrony in shoot growth among species but not with increased light interception

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  2016

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  Field Crops Research

• Publication date

  2016-08-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.FCR.2016.04.021
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