FARMFLOW-A dynamic model for phosphorus mass flow, simulating conventional and organic management of a Swedish dairy farm

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 431-444

  Modin Edman, Anna Karin ^a   Öborn, Ingrid ^a   Sverdrup, Harald ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Management; Mass balances; Phosphorus (P)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP ROTATION; DAIRY FARMING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC FARMING; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; OJEBYN; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33947670550     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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