Soil acidification: A provisional model for New Zealand pastoral systems

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 541-557

  de Klein, C A M ^a   Monaghan, R M ^a   Sinclair, A G ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acidification; Dairy; Grass clover pasture; Model; New Zealand; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; MODELLING; PASTURE; SOIL;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031429519     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1997.9513277     Document Type: Article

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