Home field advantage of cattle manure decomposition affects the apparent nitrogen recovery in production grasslands

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 320-326

  Rashid, Muhammad Imtiaz ^a   de Goede, Ron G M ^a   Brussaard, Lijbert ^a   Lantinga, Egbert A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apparent nitrogen recovery; Fertilization; Home field advantage; Management history; Production grasslands; Solid cattle manure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; APPLICATION RATES; CATTLE MANURES; DAIRY FARMS; DRY MATTERS; FERTILIZATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERBAGS; MANURE MANAGEMENT; MESH SIZE; NITROGEN RECOVERY; PEAT SOILS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL TYPES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; NITROGEN; RECOVERY; SOILS;

MANURES;

DAIRY FARMING; DECOMPOSITION; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HOME GARDEN; LITTER; MANURE; NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

BOS;

EID: 84869869801     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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