Temporal Stability of Sward Dry Matter and Nitrogen Yield Patterns in a Temperate Grassland1 1 Project supported by the Higher Education Links between China and UK (No. SHA/992/308).

Pedosphere

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 735-744

  XU, Hong Wei ^a   WANG, Ke ^a   BAILEY, J S ^b   JORDAN, C ^b   WITHERS, A ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cool temperate grassland; dry matter yield; spatial variability; temporal stability

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTER; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; PASTURE; SILAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWARD; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 33751522242     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(06)60109-4     Document Type: Article

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