Influence of streambank fencing on the environmental quality of cattle-excluded pastures

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 991-1000

  Miller, J J ^a   Chanasyk, D S ^b   Curtis, T ^a   Willms, W D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; BARE SOILS; BASAL AREA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LIMITED INFORMATION; MASS LOAD; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RIPARIAN ZONES; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; STREAM BANKS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; VEGETATION COVER;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; HEALTH; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; STREAM FLOW; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAZING; PASTURE; PH; SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; STREAM (RIVER); TURBIDITY; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POACEAE; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BOS;

EID: 77952201800     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0233     Document Type: Article

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