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Effects of clipping and irrigation on carbon storage in grasses: implications for CO₂ emission mitigation in rangelands

Samuel TuffaYabello Pastoral and Dryland Agriculture Research Centre, P.O. Box 85, Yabello, Ethiopia;Department of Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 13, University of Hohenheim, 70599Stuttgart, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]

Dana HoagDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University, USA

Anna C. TreydteDepartment of Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 13, University of Hohenheim, 70599Stuttgart, Germany;Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania

Pages 177-186 | Published online: 03 Apr 2018

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