Nutrients balances in beef cattle production systems and their implications for the environment;Balances de nutrientes en sistemas de producción de carne del sur de chile y sus implicancias para el medioambiente

Revista de la Ciencia del Suelo y Nutricion Vegetal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-54

  Alfaro, M ^a   Salazar, F S ^a   Oenema, O ^b   Iraira, S ^a   Teuber, N ^a   Ramirez, L ^a   Villarroel, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Field slope; Grazing; Nutrient budget; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 69749098517     PISSN: 0717635X     EISSN: 07182791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-27912009000100004     Document Type: Article

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