Claim · model-written summary
Cattle dung still affected soil organic C levels three years after application.
- Taxon
- pasturee1
- Treatment
- cattle dung applicatione0
- Outcome
- organic C levelse0
- Qualifier
- three years after cattle dung applicatione0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Verbatim
e0“Some residual effect on organic C levels was still evident three years after cattle dung application.”
e1“pasture growth and soil nutrient status”
Title
Effect of sheep, deer and cattle dung on herbage production and soil nutrient content
P. H. WILLIAMS; R. J. HAYNES Grass and Forage Science 1995. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2494.1995.tb02322.x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Cattle dung initially reduced herbage yield by smothering.
- Intervention effect After 40 days, herbage around the cattle dung patch responded positively.
- Intervention effect More herbage dry matter was produced in the cattle dung patch than in the control patch during the first 12 months.
- Intervention effect Sheep dung produced no measurable herbage response.
- Intervention effect Deer dung significantly increased herbage production.
- Observation Deer dung was more evenly spread within patches than sheep dung.
- Mechanism A greater share of pasture plants received nutrients from deer dung, yielding a measurable response.
- Intervention effect Soil nitrate, phosphate and organic C were higher in dung patches than control patches after 12 months.
- Intervention effect Cattle dung patches had higher microbial biomass C, arylsulphatase and arylphosphatase activities.