Effects of exclosure and management on biomass and soil nutrient pools in seasonally dry high country, New Zealand

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-186

  McIntosh, Peter D ^a   Allen, Ralph B ^a   Scott, Neal ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acidification; Carbon; Grazing; Hieracium; New Zealand; Nutrient pools; Soil; Soil quality; Sustainable pastoral use; Tussock grasslands

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERTILIZER; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SULFUR;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; EXCLOSURE; FERTILIZER; GRAZING; ROOT BIOMASS; SOIL NUTRIENT; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASS; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRIENT; PH; SOIL; VEGETATION;

BENMORE RANGE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; HIERACIUM; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PILOSELLA;

EID: 0031259531     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1997.0143     Document Type: Article

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