Assessment of topsoil properties in integrated crop-livestock and continuous cropping systems under zero tillage

Soil Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-151

  Fernandez P L ^a   Alvarez, C R ^a   Taboada, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cattle trampling; Soil compaction; Soil organic carbon fractions; Soil physical properties

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CATTLE TRAMPLING; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; CROPPING SYSTEMS; LOAM SOILS; RELATIVE COMPACTION; SILT LOAM SOILS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PENETRATION RESISTANCE; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

AGRONOMY; CROPS; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS;

COMPACTION;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BULK DENSITY; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINUOUS CROPPING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MIXED FARMING; PENETRATION; SANDY LOAM; SILTY LOAM; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL; TRAMPLING; ZERO TILLAGE;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

BOS;

EID: 84871600700     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR10086     Document Type: Article

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