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| Bahamonde,Héctor A; Gargaglione,Verónica; Peri,Pablo L. |
| In Southern Patagonia, most of the land ranging from the mountains to the sea in contrasting environmental conditions is devoted to extensive sheep farming. Existing estimations indicate that in ecosystems under livestock use, around 85% of the nitrogen (N) returning to the soil is through animal feces and urine. However, there is a lack of information concerning the rate of nutrient return into the soil from animal feces in Southern Patagonia. In this study, we evaluated the rate of sheep faeces decomposition and nutrient (N, P, Ca and K) release in three different ecological areas of Southern Pat agonia, representing a West to East environmental gradient. Samples of fresh sheep dung were collected in the field, processed in the laboratory and located in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Livestock; Patagonian steppe; Soil fertility; Nutrients dynamics. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1667-782X2017000100003 |
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