Effects of soil fertility on leaching losses of N, P and C in hill country

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-80

  Parfitt, R L ^a   Mackay, A D ^b   Ross, D J ^a   Budding, P J ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Carbon; Dry matter; Lysimeters; N mineralisation; Nitrogen; Olsen P; Phosphorus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRAZING; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; LYSIMETER; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LOSS; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUPERPHOSPHATE; WATER QUALITY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67650338371     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288230909510490     Document Type: Article

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