Phosphate fertilization primes production of rangeland on brown rendzina soils in the Galilee, Israel

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-53

  Henkin, Z ^a   Noy Meir, I ^b   Kafkafi, U ^b   Gutman, M ^c   Seligman, N ^c  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Annual species; Mediterranean grassland; Native vegetation; Pasture legumes; Phosphorus fertilizer

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERTILIZATION; GRASSLAND; NATIVE VEGETATION; PASTURE LEGUME; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RENDZINA SOIL;

ISRAEL, GALILEE;

EID: 0030201313     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(96)01045-6     Document Type: Article

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