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Odum School Faculty

Miguel Cabrera

Professor
Crop and Soil Sciences/
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
4119 Miller
Plant Sciences Building
Athens, GA   30602-7272

(706) 542-1242
Fax: (706) 542-0914
e-mail: mcabrera@uga.edu

Graduate Faculty

Faculty Member - Conservation Ecology Program

Education
Ph.D. - Kansas State University

Research Interests
Aspects of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in agroecosystems

Research Projects

Nitrogen and phosphorus in surface runoff from grasslands fertilized with broiler litter; Nitrogen losses from surface application of N fertilizers to pastures; Stream water quality as affected by cattle management practices.

Selected Publications
Tasistro, A., M.L. Cabrera, and D.E. Kissel. 2004. Water soluble phosphorus released by poultry litter: effect of extraction pH and time after application. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 68:223-234.

Kissel, D. E., M. L. Cabrera, N. Vaio, J. R. Craig, J. A. Rema, and L. A. Morris. 2004. Rainfall Timing and Ammonia Loss from Urea in a Loblolly Pine Plantation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68: 1744-1750.

Kruse, J., D.Kissel, and M. Cabrera. 2004. Effects of drying and rewetting on C and N mineralization in soils and incorporated residues. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst. 69:247-256.

Shroeder, P.D., D.E. Radcliffe, and M.L. Cabrera. 2004. Rainfall timing and poultry litter application rate effects on phosphorus loss in surface runoff. J. Environ. Qual. 33:2201-2209.

Shroeder, P.D., D.E. Radcliffe, M.L. Cabrera, and C.D. Belew. 2004. Relationship between soil test phosphorus and phosphorus in runoff: effects of soil series variability. J. Environ. Qual. 33:1452-1463.

Min Liu, D. E. Kissel, P. F. Vendrell, and M. L. Cabrera. 2004. Soil Lime Requirement By Direct Titration with Calcium Hydroxide. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2004 68: 1228-1233.

Tasistro, A., P. Vendrell, M. Cabrera, and D. Kissel. 2004. Effect of storage by freezing on concentrations of molybdate-reactive phosphorus in poultry litter extracts. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 35:719-733.

Cabrera, M.L., D.E. Kissel, and M.F. Vigil. 2005. Nitrogen mineralization from organic residues: research opportunities. J. Environ. Qual. 34:75-79

Cabrera, M.L., D.E. Kissel, N. Vaio, J.R. Craig, J.A. Rema, and L.A. Morris. 2005. Loblolly pine needles retain urea fertilizer that can be lost as ammonia. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:1525-1531.

Liu, M., D.E. Kissel, M.L. Cabrera, and P.F. Vendrell. 2005. Soil lime requirement by direct titration with a single addition of calcium hydroxide. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:522-530.

Curriculum Vitae


Last Updated: January 19, 2007

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