Nutrient loads in surface runoff from sloping perennial pastures in Victoria, Australia
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عنوان ژورنال: New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0028-8233,1175-8775
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1983.10427028