Abstract
Abstract A nutrient transfer model developed by Saggaret al. (1990) closely predicted the amounts of soil phosphorus (P) (0–150 mm depth) that had accumulated in the soil from fertiliser and excretal inputs in 20 pastoral farmlets grazed by sheep. The 20 farm1ets, located on hill country in the North Island of New Zealand, were grazed by sheep for 8 years (1980–87) with two grazing managements (continuous and rotational). Five rates of single superphosphate (SSP) were applied within each grazing management. The predictions of the transfer model explained 90% of the variations in soil P amounts between farmlets, and 88% of the variations between slope units across all farmlets. However, the model could predict accurately (within 10% error of prediction) the amounts of accumulated soil S in only those farmlets receiving up to 288 kg S/ha during the last 8 years. At higher levels of SSP fertilisation (–288 kg S/ha), the predicted amounts of soil S were up to 40% higher than the measured amounts of soil S. Th...
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