Frontiers in alley cropping: Transformative solutions for temperate agriculture
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Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Fractions in Temperate Alley Cropping Systems
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Change Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1354-1013,1365-2486
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13986