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Plant Soil (2015) 394:407–420 DOI 10.1007/s11104-015-2622-2
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Native plants and nitrogen in agricultural landscapes of New Zealand Hannah M. Franklin & Nicholas M. Dickinson & Cyril J. D. Esnault & Brett H. Robinson
Received: 10 June 2015 / Accepted: 24 July 2015 / Published online: 15 August 2015 # Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Abstract Background and Aims The Canterbury Plains of the South Island, New Zealand are being converted to intensive dairy farming; native vegetation now occupies