Impact of horse grazing and feeding on phosphorus concentrations in soil and drainage water

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-375

  Parvage, Muhammad Masud ^a   Kirchmann, Holger ^a   Kynkäänniemi, Pia ^a   Ulén, Barbro ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arable land; Drainage; Higher risk; Horse paddock; Livestock; Phosphorus (P) losses

Indexed keywords

ACETATE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; CLAY SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DRAINAGE WATER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HEAVY METAL; HORSE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NITRIC ACID; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORGANIC MATTER; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL TYPE; SOLUBILIZATION; TOPSOIL;

SWEDEN;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 80052023496     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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