The effect of grazing intensity and the presence of a forage legume on nitrogen dynamics in Brachiaria pastures in the Atlantic forest region of the south of Bahia, Brazil

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-271

  Cantarutti, R B ^c   Tarre R ^a   Macedo, R ^a   Cadisch, G ^b   Rezende, C DeP ^c   Pereira, J M ^c   Braga, J M ^c   Gormide, J A ^c   Ferreira, E ^a   Alves, B J R ^a   Urquiaga, S ^a   Boddey, R M ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c E Z do E S da B ^*

Author keywords

Animal stocking rate; Brachiaria humidicola; Desmodium ovalifolium; Humid tropics; Litter dynamics; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; NITROGEN; PASTURE; STOCKING DENSITY;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; DESMODIUM ADSCENDENS;

EID: 0036952268     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021415915804     Document Type: Article

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