Surface soil changes during twelve years of pasture management in the southern Piedmont USA

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2131-2141

  Franzluebbers, Alan J ^a   Stuedemann, John A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BROILER LITTER; BULK DENSITY; CATTLE GRAZING; GEORGIA; GRAZING PRESSURE; GRAZING SYSTEMS; NUTRIENT SOURCES; PASTURE MANAGEMENT; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROPERTY; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE RESIDUES; SURFACE SOIL; WATER SOURCE;

FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STATISTICS;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; GRASSLAND SOIL; GRAZING PRESSURE; PASTURE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

GEORGIA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BOS;

EID: 78249273961     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0034     Document Type: Article

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