Effect of fertilizer, herbicide and grazing management of pastures on plant and soil communities

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-186

  Parfitt, Roger L ^a   Yeates, Gregor W ^a   Ross, Des J ^a   Schon, Nicole L ^b   Mackay, Alec D ^c   Wardle, David A ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

High fertility grassland; Low fertility grassland; Soil invertebrates; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA; OVIS ARIES; WISEANA;

EID: 77954142728     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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