Deposition and decomposition of cattle dung and its impact on soil properties and plant growth in a cool-temperate pasture

Ecological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 673-684

  Yoshitake, Shinpei ^a   Soutome, Hiromi ^b   Koizumi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen cycling; Dung decomposition; Grassland; Pasture; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 84904554656     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-014-1153-2     Document Type: Article

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