Small scale soil variation and its effect on pasture yield in southern Portugal

Geoderma

Volumn 195-196, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-183

  Serrano, João M ^a   Shahidian, Shakib ^a   Marques da Silva, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Dry land; Dynamics; Pasture; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; BEDROCK DEPTH; DEPTH RANGE; DETERMINANT FACTORS; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; DRY MATTER YIELD; DRY-LAND; INTERANNUAL; PASTURE; PORTUGAL; QUANTITATIVE DATA; REAL TIME KINEMATIC; SHALLOW SOILS; SMALL SCALE; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL VARIATION; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUTRIENTS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURE;

DRY MATTER; GPS; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; PARAMETERIZATION; PASTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SHALLOW SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84872179080     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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