Soil dwelling in intensively so macro-invertebrates grazed dairy pastures in Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-270

  Byers, ^a,b   Barker, ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PASTURE; SOIL FAUNA;

UNITED STATES;

AEOLUS; AGRIOTES MANCUS; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CTENICERA; ELATERIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SCARABAEIDAE; SITONA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0033801361     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2000.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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