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Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security

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Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security. / Beerling, D.J.; Leake, J.R.; Long, S.P. et al.
In: Nature Plants, Vol. 4, No. 3, 01.03.2018, p. 138-147.

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Beerling, DJ, Leake, JR, Long, SP, Scholes, JD, Ton, J, Nelson, PN, Bird, M, Kantzas, E, Taylor, LL, Sarkar, B, Kelland, M, DeLucia, E, Kantola, I, Müller, C, Rau, G & Hansen, J 2018, 'Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security', Nature Plants, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0108-y

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Beerling, D. J., Leake, J. R., Long, S. P., Scholes, J. D., Ton, J., Nelson, P. N., Bird, M., Kantzas, E., Taylor, L. L., Sarkar, B., Kelland, M., DeLucia, E., Kantola, I., Müller, C., Rau, G., & Hansen, J. (2018). Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security. Nature Plants, 4(3), 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0108-y

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Beerling DJ, Leake JR, Long SP, Scholes JD, Ton J, Nelson PN et al. Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security. Nature Plants. 2018 Mar 1;4(3):138-147. Epub 2018 Feb 19. doi: 10.1038/s41477-018-0108-y

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Beerling, D.J. ; Leake, J.R. ; Long, S.P. et al. / Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security. In: Nature Plants. 2018 ; Vol. 4, No. 3. pp. 138-147.

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