Soil attributes in a Sierra Nevada riparian meadow as influenced by grazing

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-329

  Blank, Robert R ^a   Svejcar, Tony ^a   Riegel, Gregg ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lysimeter; Nitrate; Redox potential; Root length density; Soil solution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; ION EXCHANGE; LIVESTOCK; LYSIMETER; MEADOW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749171114     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/04-144R2.1     Document Type: Article

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