Soil quality indicator responses to row crop, grazed pasture, and agroforestry buffer management

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-323

  Paudel, Bodh R ^a   Udawatta, Ranjith P ^b   Kremer, Robert J ^b   Anderson, Stephen H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem interactions; Microbial activity; Perennial vegetation; Soil enzymes; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAZING; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PASTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 84857058443     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9454-8     Document Type: Article

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