Soil conductivity and multiple linear regression for precision monitoring of beef feedlot manure and runoff

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-184

  Eigenberg, Roger A ^a   Woodbury, Bryan L ^a   Nienaber, John A ^a   Spiehs, Mindy J ^a   Parker, David B ^b   Varel, Vince H ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL RESEARCH; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE FEEDING; CONTROL AREA; FEEDLOT MANURE; FEEDLOT PENS; GASEOUS EMISSIONS; HIGH DENSITY; IN-CONTROL; MANAGEMENT STYLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NEBRASKA; NUTRIENT LOSS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECISION MONITORING; SALINE SOIL; SECONDARY VARIABLES; SITE LOCATION; SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; SOIL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MOUNDS; SOIL SALINITY; SOIL SAMPLE; VEGETATIVE TREATMENT AREA; VOLATILE SOLID;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FEEDING; LEACHING; LINEAR REGRESSION; MANAGEMENT; MANURES; NUTRIENTS; RESEARCH; RUNOFF; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CHLORIDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; LEACHING; MANURE; PRECISION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SALINE SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; NEBRASKA; RIVERSIDE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77958609520     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG15.3.175     Document Type: Article

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