Soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in modified rangeland communities

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 665-672

  Whalen, Joann K ^a   Willms, Walter D ^b   Dormaar, Johan F ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Cultivated; Extractable nutrients; Introduced grasses; Native rangeland; Total nutrients

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; RANGELAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AGROPYRON; BOUTELOUA; BROMUS; BROMUS SECALINUS; DACTYLIS; FESTUCA; FESTUCA CAMPESTRIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; STIPA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0344946371     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003944     Document Type: Article

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