Nitrate leaching from a drained, sheep-grazed pasture. II. Modelling nitrate leaching losses

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 963-977

  White, R E ^a   Heng, L K ^a   Magesan, G N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Simulation; Transfer function model; Transport volume

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER; MINERALIZATION; NEW ZEALAND; NITRATE; PLANT UPTAKE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL LEACHING; SULFATE; TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL; UREA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031753883     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S98012     Document Type: Article

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