Litter deposition and disappearance in Brachiaria pastures in the Atlantic forest region of the south of Bahia, Brazil

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-112

  Rezende, C D P ^a   Cantarutti, R B ^b   Braga, J M ^b   Gomide, J A ^b   Pereira, J M ^a   Ferreira, E ^c   Tarre R ^c   Macedo, R ^c   Alves, B J R ^c   Urquiaga, S ^c   Cadisch, G ^d   Giller, K E ^d   Boddey, R M ^c  

^a Estacao Zootecnia Extremo B   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal stocking rate; Brachiaria humidicola; Desmodium ovalifolium; Humid tropics; Litter dynamics; Net aerial primary production

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LEGUME; LITTERFALL; PASTURE;

BAHIA STATE; BRAZIL;

BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; DESMODIUM OVALIFOLIUM;

EID: 0033065896     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009797419216     Document Type: Article

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