Challenges and opportunities for carbon sequestration in grassland systems: a technical report on grassland management and climate change mitigation.
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title={Challenges and opportunities for carbon sequestration in grassland systems: a technical report on grassland management and climate change mitigation.},
author={Richard T. Conant},
year={2010}
}I n t e g r a t e d C r o p M a n a g e m e n t Vol. 9–2010 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of…
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