Seasonal variation of trace elements in a semiarid veld pasture

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1471-1483

  Khan, Zafar ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Hussain, Altaf ^a   McDowell, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forages; Pakistan; Soils; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; GOAT; GRAZING; MINERALIZATION; PASTURE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL QUALITY; TRACE ELEMENT; VELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33745319488     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620600585914     Document Type: Article

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