Impact of excreted nitrogen by grazing cattle on nitrate leaching

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 190-198

  Hack Ten Broeke, M J D ^a   De Groot, W J M ^a   Dijkstra, J P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cattle; grazing; leaching; models; nitrate; Nitrogen; urine

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GRAZING; LEACHING; NITRATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URINE;

NETHERLANDS, DE MARKE EXPERIMENTAL FARM;

EID: 0030301229     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1996.tb00542.x     Document Type: Article

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