Temporal variability of soil property dynamics in a grazed pasture

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2744-2754

  Kariuki, Solomon K ^a   Schroder, Jackie L ^b   Zhang, Hailin ^b   Hanks, Travis ^b   McGrath, Joshua M ^a   Payton, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Pasture; Sample; Sampling; Soil; Subsamples; Temporal; Variability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPLIANCE; COMPOSITE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PASTURE; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SAMPLING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 78649504393     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2010.518265     Document Type: Article

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