Cows, humans and hydrology in the nitrogen dynamics of a grazed rural watershed

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-111

  Freifelder, Rachel R ^a,d   Smitht, Stephen V ^b   Bennett, Richard H ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^d Box 156   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Budgeting; Dairy cattle; Nitrogen; Nutrition; Waste management; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; BUDGET CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RUNOFF; RURAL AREAS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; DAIRY CATTLES; DAIRY COW; HUMAN WASTE; MILK YIELD; NITROGEN BUDGETS; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NUTRIENTS CYCLING; POPULATION DENSITIES; RURAL WATERSHEDS;

WATERSHEDS;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; RUNOFF;

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MILK; NITROGEN BUDGET; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; RUNOFF; WATERSHED; WATERSHED STUDY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATTLE; DENITRIFICATION; HUMAN; MILK; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; TOMALES; USA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031924672     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1997.0165     Document Type: Article

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