Long-term effects of clipping and nitrogen management in turfgrass on soil organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics: The CENTURY model simulation

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1694-1700

  Qian, Y L ^a   Bandaranayake, W ^a   Parton, W J ^a   Mecham, B ^b   Harivandi, M A ^c   Mosier, A R ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SOLID ORGANIC CARBON (SOC);

SOILS;

NITROGEN ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CLAY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZATION; LOAM SOIL; NITROGEN METABOLISM; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TURFGRASS; UNITED STATES;

POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0141768117     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.1694     Document Type: Article

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