Chapter 7 Nutrient Leaching
Chapter 7Nutrient LeachingJ. LEHMANN1ANDG. SCHROTH21College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop andSoil Sciences, Cornell University, 909 Bradfield Hall, Ithaca, NY14853, USA; 2Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project,National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), CP 478,69011 970 Manaus, AM, SynopsisNutrient Leaching is the downward movement of dissolved nutrients in thesoil profile with percolating water. Nutrients that are leached below therooting zone of the vegetation are at least temporarily lost from the system,although they may be recycled if roots grow deeper.
Chapter 7 Nutrient Leaching J. LEHMANN1 AND G. SCHROTH2 1College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, 909 Bradfield Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; 2Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), CP 478,
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