The effects of sheep faeces on soil solution composition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 135-148

  Shand, C A ^a   Coutts, G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Dung; Grazing; Nutrients; Organic nitrogen; Organic phosphorus

Indexed keywords

FECES; ORGANIC CARBON; PODZOL; RAINFALL; SHEEP; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33748689040     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-0065-5     Document Type: Article

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