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Does grazing of cover crops impact biologically active soil carbon and nitrogen fractions under inversion or no tillage management?

A.J. Franzluebbers and J.A. Stuedemann
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation November 2015, 70 (6) 365-373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.70.6.365
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