Soil fertility and crop growth under poultry/crop integration

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-182

  Hilimire, Kathleen ^a   Gliessman, Stephen R ^a   Muramoto, Joji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

crop livestock systems; integrated agriculture; manure; pasture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CROP PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MANURE; MIXED FARMING; PASTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84876899063     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174217051200021X     Document Type: Article

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