The contribution of maize cropping in the Midwest USA to global warming: A regional estimate

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  • Peter R. Grace
  • Philip Robertson
  • Neville Millar
  • Manuel Colunga-Garcia
  • Bruno Basso
  • Stuart H. Gage
  • John Hoben
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a Institute for Sustainable Resources, Queensland University of Technology, G.P.O. Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, USA Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Department of Crop, Forest and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy f Soil Testing Lab, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA

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تاریخ انتشار 2011