Fate of nutrient inputs from dung pats

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 10:10 AM
103 A (Convention Center)
Kenneth Evans , University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Ana Wingeyer , Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Paraná, Brazil
Martha Mamo , Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Walter Schacht , Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Pamela Sutton , University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Kent Eskridge , University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Change in grazing density can influence dung distribution patterns, with potential impacts on the abundance and frequency of dung beetle populations and nutrient dynamics in grazing systems.  The goal of this research was to quantify and characterize the fate of nutrient pulses from cow dung after deposition, and the associated effects of dung beetle activity. Mass and nutrient loss of dung, changes in soil nutrients below and around dung pats, and fluxes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) were monitored overtime.
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