Isotopic composition of soil, vegetation or cattle hair no suitable indicator of nitrogen balances in permanent pasture

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-199

  Wrage, Nicole ^a   Küchenmeister, Frank ^a   Isselstein, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N; Cattle switch hair; Environmental indicator; Handpluck sample; Nitrogen losses

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; CATTLE; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEGUME; MEADOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PASTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

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EID: 79956349032     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-011-9421-9     Document Type: Article

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