Cattle treading effects on plant growth and soil stability in the mountain grassland of Japan

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-428

  Pande, Tarapande N ^a   Yamamoto, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle treading; Japan; Mountain pasture; Pasture growth; Soil loss; Surface water runoff

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; STABILITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CATTLE TREADING; HERBAGE GROWTH; MOUNTAIN PASTURES; TILLER DENSITY;

AGRICULTURE;

CATTLE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH; PASTURE; PLANT; RUNOFF; SOIL STABILIZATION; SURFACE WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33746807285     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.747     Document Type: Article

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