Effect of forty-four years of grazing on fescue grassland soils

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 122-126

  Dormaar, Johan F ^a   Willms, Walter D ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ah (=A1) horizon; Monosaccharides; Phosphorus; Soil moisture; Soil quality; Stocking rates; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; SOIL; WATER RETENTION CAPACITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0031930727     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003574     Document Type: Article

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