Soil pH and earthworms affect herbage nitrogen recovery from solid cattle manure in production grassland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Rashid, Muhammad Imtiaz ^a,b   De Goede, Ron G M ^a   Corral Nunez, Gabriel A ^a   Brussaard, Lijbert ^a   Lantinga, Egbert A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gaseous emissions; Liming; Microbial N Immobilisation; Organic manure; Peat grassland; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION PROBLEM; GRASSLAND PRODUCTIVITY; IMMOBILISATION; LIMING; ORGANIC MANURE; ORGANIC MATTER INPUTS; SOIL BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; SOIL FAUNA;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMALS; BIOACTIVITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZERS; GAS EMISSIONS; MANURES; NITROGEN; PEAT; PH EFFECTS; RECOVERY;

SOILS;

EARTHWORM; GRASSLAND; MANURE; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PEAT SOIL; PH; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 84884966054     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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