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Factors controlling vegetation dynamics in hay meadows under high levels of organic fertilizer in the French Northern Alps

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Animal Manure on Grassland and Fodder Crops. Fertilizer or Waste?

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 30))

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On permanent mountain pastures cut for hay in the humid French Alps, high levels of organic fertilizers (40 t slurry ha-1 yr-1) produce an invasion by various herbs which is especially marked in meadows cut late and/or lying on north-facing slopes.

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  1. Dorioz J M, Fleury Ph and Jeannin B (1987) Séminaire “Agrométéorologie et moyenne montagne”, Toulouse, 16–17 avril 1987 (in press)

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Dorioz, J.M., Fleury, P., Jeannin, B. (1987). Factors controlling vegetation dynamics in hay meadows under high levels of organic fertilizer in the French Northern Alps. In: Van Der Meer, H.G., Unwin, R.J., Van Dijk, T.A., Ennik, G.C. (eds) Animal Manure on Grassland and Fodder Crops. Fertilizer or Waste?. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3659-1_33

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