Coupling of spatial and temporal pattern of cattle excreta patches on a low intensity pasture

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-288

  Auerswald, Karl ^a   Mayer, Franziska ^b   Schnyder, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut für Agrarökologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic semivariogram; Autocorrelation; Diurnal pattern; Geostatistics; Nutrient cycle; Productivity; Spatial pattern; Thiessen area

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COUPLING; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PASTURE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POLYGON; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; URINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77958451557     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-009-9321-4     Document Type: Article

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