Precision phosphorus management and agricultural phosphorus loading

Ecological Economics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-102

  Iho, Antti ^a   Laukkanen, Marita ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural phosphorus loading; Agricultural water pollution; Cereal production; Dynamic programming; Precision nutrient management; Soil phosphorus reserves

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EROSION CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PHOSPHORUS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL EROSION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

FINLAND;

EID: 84860305710     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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