The nitrogen balance of three long-term agroecosystems on a boreal soil in western Canada

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 241-250

  Ross, S M ^a   Izaurralde, R C ^b   Janzen, H H ^c   Robertson, J A ^a   McGill, W B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Joint Global Change Research Institute   (United States)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen; Cropping systems; Long term experiments; Nitrogen balance; Nitrogen budget; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALFALFA; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; LEGUME; MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL NITROGEN;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; VICIA FABA;

EID: 45449095357     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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