Effects of different crop rotations on soil erosion and nutrient losses under natural rainfall conditions in Western Lithuania

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 199-205

  Kinderiene, Irena ^a   Karcauskiene, Danute ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

^b KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Land management systems; long term experiments; slope land; soil loss; soil runoff

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 84869169256     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2012.714400     Document Type: Article

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