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Special Issue: Agriculture and greenhouse gases: NJF seminar no. 453

Strategies for carbon sequestration in agricultural soils in northern Europe

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Pages 181-198 | Received 30 Oct 2012, Accepted 18 Feb 2013, Published online: 23 Apr 2013

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