North-east Victoria SGS National Experiment site: Water and nutrient losses from grazing systems on contrasting soil types and levels of inputs

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 799-815

  Ridley, A M ^a   Christy, B P ^a   White, R E ^b   McLean, T ^a   Green, R ^a  

^a Rutherglen Research Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEACHING; NUTRIENT; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION;

GRAZING; LEACHING; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRODANTHONIA; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; MICROLAENA; OVIS ARIES; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; POACEAE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0038045205     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ea02090     Document Type: Article

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