Trends in soil carbon and nutrients of hill-country pastures receiving different phosphorus fertilizer loadings for 20 years

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 35-48

  Schipper, L A ^a   Dodd, M B ^b   Fisk, L M ^a   Power, I L ^c   Parenzee, J ^a   Arnold, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Pasture; Phosphorus fertilizer; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

HILL; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WHATAWHATA;

EID: 79957866891     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9353-5     Document Type: Article

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