Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work

Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work
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Awakening the Corporate Soul by Eric Klein and John Izzo

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Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work
Eric Klein , and John Izzo
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Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work advocates the use of ancient concepts to improve both employee satisfaction and workplace yield. Eric Klein and John Izzo, a yogi and a minister who are also business consultants, mix Eastern and Western ideas to suggest new ways to develop a more motivated and committed workforce. They maintain that creativity, productivity, innovation and inspiration each stimulate different facets of a company's "soul," and show how leaders can help those around them attain fulfillment while simultaneously positioning their firms for increased success.

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This compelling book shows individuals how to renew their work-life and workplace with the wisdom of the spiritual traditions. The authors provide a blueprint for readers to find more meaning and fulfillment in their work while being an active participant in creating a better workplace for themselves and others. Filled with modern case studies, ancient teaching stories, exercises and personal examples, Awakening Corporate Soul is for anyone who wants a greater sense of meaning, spirit, creativity, and fulfillment at work and to their life.

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Awakening the Corporate Soul by Eric Klein and John Izzo.......2005-09-09

Book arrived in perfect condition at a significant savings. Our agency is adopting the 100/0 philosophy--100% responsibility/0 excuses, found in this book. I am very happy to be able to recommend this seller to our staff and your buyers.

A great book.......2003-10-21

This is a great book. Though I personally look at my Christian beliefs as workplace inspiration, I like hearing more holistic points of view. This book does a nice job of balancing eastern and western philosophy and religion in its view of work. It is a very positive book and realistic. This book is not pretentious like most spirituality in business books.

I enjoyed reading the book and hope these two authors write followup books on this same subject.

Inspiring Corporate Soul.......2000-05-27

What a timely and inspiring book. It's a practical and profound guide on how to nurture and develop the spirit at work. I particularly benefitted from the exercises and tools for implementation.

It's not easy to distill the wisdom of great spiritual teachers and make engaging and relevant examples of how to apply that wisdom at work. I highly recommend this book - whether you work for a company or not.

A model for Servant Leadership.......2000-04-28

I am Servant Leadership Specialist in a Catholic Hospital setting in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. This health care campus is part of a 12 Hospital system. My short comments are premised upon a retreat in Vancouver with the authors for five days, their highly useful work with our staff of 600 on site a year ago, and my experience as an Ethicist and teacher of theology.

A reviewer suugested that this book's premise is yet another medal given to those who sell themselves to the institution. But this is not true: the outcome of using these thoughts and the assumptions of Servant Leadership (Robert Greenleaf Center, Indianapolis, Indiana} helps the colleagues in a really growth enhanceing environment take ownership of the relationships and policies in their own setting. If the effort is made in good faith by all, the result is a workplace that is peaceful, friendly, cooperative, and above all productive. I strongly recommend the principles developed by Klein and Izzo. They flow from their deep exprience with several of America's best and largest corporations, from their own humanity and from the most thoughtful consideration they have given to creating truly humanizing and productive workplaces.

I offer a word of caution however: if you still believe that just another set of words and ideas can give you a new result, this approach would be no more than just another 'canned program'. When you decide to recreate your workplace on honest relationships, not power, and want to create a new work system that has both power and peace, then you are ready to begin the long-term effort of rebuilding the world of work in which you live. This is a guidebook for those who have the idea of a better way to work and live. This small book is not a panacea; it is a map for a long journey. We have invested 9 years in this effort in our health care setting, and both patients and staff know and happily acknowledge that with persistence, we are growing into what is envisioned here.

A practical note: We are now at the point of attracting people who think in this manner into our most responsible administrative and service areas and we have many very long term employees. People love to work where they known, respected and part of the decision making process. We have had great and competent help from Klein and Izzo in creating a caring corporation, and in incorporating our own Christian values and Catholic traditions.

Corporate Soul's a Great Help.......2000-04-26

Having read Corporate Soul a while ago,I am really quite surprised by how much I continue to refer to it and be inspired by it in my work in higher ed administration. The four paths to corporate soul outlined in the book are thought-provoking. They provide a good way to organize one's thinking about how to bring greater meaning to one's work and that of coworkers. The book is also full of good stories from spiritual traditions, which are worth the read in their own right. Finally, the book is practical enough to convince a reader (well, me at least) that one can actually do something about this stuff and not just feel good about it.

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The Spirituality of Work: Business People
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It's not a secret that corporate fraud and scandal are real threats to business today, from which no business, large or small, is immune. Fraud losses are devastating-but they are also highly avoidable. Policies & Procedures to Prevent Fraud and Embezzlement shows you how to proactively safeguard your business's assets and reputation from countless plots, schemes, and even identity theft.

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Thoroughly evaluate their organization's system of internal controls
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Embezzlement and fraud are realities that all organizations must confront, with the growing list of collapsed corporate giants serving as evidence of the destruction caused by financial abuses. Policies & Procedures to Prevent Fraud and Embezzlement offers provocative new strategies to deal with this ongoing dilemma and serves as a road map to reduce financial dishonesty in the workplace.

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In diesem Lehr- und Studienbuch wird gezeigt, in welchem Maße logische Strukturen das Rechtsdenken mitbestimmen. Dies geschieht anhand einer Darlegung der wesentlichen logischen Grundlagen und ihrer anschließenden Anwendung auf ausgewählte Beispiele auf dem Gebiet des Rechts. Das führt zu einem besseren Verständnis der juristischen Dogmatik und einer systematischen Durchdringung des jeweils relevanten Rechtsstoffes. Indem sich die Überlegungen zwischen den Disziplinen der Logik und der Rechtwissenschaft bewegen, tragen sie zu neuen Einsichten für beide Fächer bei. Behandelt werden aussagenlogische, klassenlogische, kombinatorische, modallogische, quantorenlogische, deontologische, relationenlogische, handlungslogische, syllogistische, fuzzylogische und paradoxe Strukturen des Rechts.

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Atmospheric nitrogen has an impact on acid rain, ozone levels and the climate; grasslands, which emit gaseous nitrogen, play a critical role. This book examines the complex relationship between grassland production and nitrogen levels. It covers each stage of grassland growth, pointing out specific links to the nitrogen cycle. It examines ways to control nitrogen emissions and provides an up-to-date account of current research. Topics include emission processes, ammonia fluxes, nitrous oxide emissions, the impact of organic manures, and systems modeling. The approach will interest grasslands scientists, farm advisors, and ecologists and conservationists concerned with grasslands management.

The role of nitrogen in grassland productivity: A review of information from temperate regions, (Commonwealth Bureau of Pastures and Field Crops, Hurley, Eng)

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The role of nitrogen in grassland productivity: A review of information from temperate regions, (Commonwealth Bureau of Pastures and Field Crops, Hurley, Eng)
D. C Whitehead
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Are landscape complexity and farm specialisation related to land-use intensity of annual crop fields? [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]

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Are landscape complexity and farm specialisation related to land-use intensity of annual crop fields? [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]
I. Roschewitz , C. Thies , and T. Tscharntke
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This digital document is a journal article from Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Little is known about the predictive value of landscape complexity and farm specialisation for land-use intensity, although this is critical for regional agri-environmental schemes and conservation of biodiversity. Here, we analysed land-use intensity of annual crop fields of 30 farms in northern Germany that were located in 15 landscapes differing in structural complexity ranging from <15% to >65% non-crop habitats. The proportion of arable land per landscape was used as simple predictor of landscape complexity due to its close correlation with habitat-type diversity, and the proportion of arable land per farm acted as an indicator for farm specialisation due to its negative correlation with stock farming. Land-use intensity was quantified using questionnaires. Landscape complexity and farm specialisation were related to several but not all indicators of land-use intensity. Structurally simple landscapes were related to more nitrogen input and higher crop yields, and farms specialised on annual crops had reduced crop-species diversity, larger fields, higher crop yields and more pathogen species. In contrast to general expectations, pesticide use in annual crop fields was exceptionally high and not a function of landscape complexity or farm specialisation. Our results show that generalisations such as ''farms specialised on annual crops and structurally simple landscapes show increased land-use intensity'' may be misleading.

Broom (Cytisus scoparius) colonization after grazing abandonment in the French Massif Central: impact on vegetation composition and resource availability [An article from: Acta Oecologica]

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Broom (Cytisus scoparius) colonization after grazing abandonment in the French Massif Central: impact on vegetation composition and resource availability [An article from: Acta Oecologica]
B. Prevosto , E. Dambrine , P. Coquillard , and A Robert
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This digital document is a journal article from Acta Oecologica, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Broom (Cytisus scoparius) is considered an invasive species in countries outside its native range and a significant colonizing species in Europe. In particular this shrub rapidly invades pastures after grazing cessation in central France mid-elevation mountains. In order to better understand the effects of broom plants on vegetation composition and species richness after grazing abandonment, a study was conducted including stand descriptions and impact on light availability and soil properties. A total of 50 plots were sampled from the following categories: grazed pasture free of broom colonization, abandoned pasture in the process of being colonized by broom plants (1-3 years old), intermediate broom stand (2-4 years old), mature broom stand (4-5 years old) and dead broom stand (8-10 years old). In each plot the vegetation composition was measured; additionally, broom size and density were recorded. Light transmittance was measured beneath the broom canopy. Soil moisture, soil carbon (C), soil nitrogen (N), and nitrate production were measured in a subset of plots. Results showed that broom colonization is associated with a decline in species richness and cover, with a shift toward fast-growing species in the understory compared to uninvaded abandoned pasture. After broom decay stands were dominated by Rubus sp. plants. Concomitant to broom colonization and vegetation changes, light was severely reduced as only 11% of the incident light reached the floor in mature broom stands. In contrast soil moisture, N and C contents increased, respectively, of 37%, 52% and 61% in the upper soil layer from uncolonized pasture to mature broom stands and nitrate production was multiplied by 6.5. However changes in @d^1^5N values were not significant. Dead broom stands were characterized by lower values of N, C, and N mineralization as compared with the other types of broom stand. Our data suggest that land abandonment and broom colonization is associated with altered vegetation composition and resource availability and that this shrub tends to occupy a mid-successional position between early successional communities such as heathlands and grasslands and late-successional woodlands.

Changes in intrasystem N cycling from N"2-fixing shrub encroachment in grassland: multiple positive feedbacks [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]

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Changes in intrasystem N cycling from N"2-fixing shrub encroachment in grassland: multiple positive feedbacks [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]
S.G. Baer , J.M. Church , K.W.J. Williard , and Groninger
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Nitrogen-fixing species can increase both the availability and cycling of nitrogen (N) in ecosystems. Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.) is an exotic woody shrub associated with N"2-fixing actinomycetes that forms dense patches in disturbed landscapes (i.e., riparian zones adjacent to crop systems, old fields and agricultural grasslands) throughout the midwestern United States. We used paired plots dominated by either E. umbellata or C"3 grassland to test whether the shrub encroachment altered pools and fluxes of nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) in the soil. Annual mean of NO"3-N concentrations in soil water collected from porous cup tension lysimeters every 2 weeks for 1 year was 20 times higher in soil beneath E. umbellata compared to grassland vegetation. Temporal variation in NO"3-N leaching occurred in the shrub-encroached plots, with more nitrate leaching in the dormant season relative to the growing season. Potential net N mineralization, nitrification rates, and extractable N in the surface 10cm of soil were also higher below E. umbellata. Following establishment of N"2-fixing shrub patches for 7-13 years, the soil C:N ratio showed a declining trend due to lower total soil C rather than an increase in N. Labile carbon pools (i.e., microbial biomass C (MBC) and soil respiration rates) were lower in surface soil below E. umbellata, which demonstrated an additional positive feedback between encroachment of E. umbellata and N export. Less demand for mineralized N due to associated N"2 fixation, coupled with higher rates of nitrification and lower microbial demand for N collectively contributed to higher export of N below the E. umbellata patched relative to the grassland system. Thus, areas invaded by this exotic N"2-fixing species may function as N sources rather than the N conserving systems typically expected early successional communities following agricultural abandonment.

Changes in N cycling and microbial N with elevated N in exotic annual grasslands of southern California [An article from: Applied Soil Ecology]

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Changes in N cycling and microbial N with elevated N in exotic annual grasslands of southern California [An article from: Applied Soil Ecology]
A.G. Sirulnik , E.B. Allen , T. Meixner , and M.E. Fenn
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This digital document is a journal article from Applied Soil Ecology, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The impacts of nitrogen (N) fertilization and N deposition on N mineralization and microbial biomass were studied in exotic annual grasslands in southern California. The goal of the study was to understand how N deposition impacts N availability to the grasslands by studying mineralization in plots in an urban area that has received chronic N deposition for 50 years compared with N fertilized and control plots in a rural area. Fertilized plots had higher net and gross rates of N cycling than did soils from the control. The effect of soil mineral N concentrations on microbial N varied between and within growing seasons. Lower microbial N corresponded to more net N release and higher microbial N corresponded to less net N release. Urban soils often had higher NO"3^- concentrations than did soils from the rural site but there was no difference in NH"4^+ concentrations. Urban soils also had lower mineral N concentrations than the fertilized soils and mineralization patterns in the high N deposition soils did not resemble those in the fertilized soils, indicating that the levels of N deposition at this site were well below the experimental fertilization rate. The levels of soil mineral N in the rural site were considerably higher than from other studies in the same plots in recent years. This corresponds with rapidly increasing suburbanization of the rural site and increasing N deposition, as suggested from a recent air pollution model. Although the urban and rural soils were not as different in mineral N concentrations as expected, soils in exotic grasslands near urban areas across the region can have mineral N concentrations as high as the fertilized soils, indicating that increased N cycling and altered microbial N may occur under N deposition.

Consequence of grazing pattern and vegetation structure on the spatial variations of net N mineralisation in a wet grassland [An article from: Applied Soil Ecology]

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Consequence of grazing pattern and vegetation structure on the spatial variations of net N mineralisation in a wet grassland [An article from: Applied Soil Ecology]
N. Rossignol , A. Bonis , and J.B. Bouzille
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This digital document is a journal article from Applied Soil Ecology, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The aim of this study was to determine whether the spatial heterogeneity of grassland vegetation structure would lead to spatial heterogeneity in the net nitrogen mineralisation process in the soil and therefore in the quantity of mineral nitrogen available for the plants. The net nitrogen mineralisation in the soil was compared between different vegetation patches generated by grazing, on two different types of plant communities: mesophilous and meso-hygrophilous. In ungrazed conditions, the net soil nitrogen mineralisation rates did not vary significantly between the two plant communities and remained relatively constant with time. Grazing by cattle or horses appeared to have two effects on the process of net soil nitrogen mineralisation. Firstly, it significantly stimulated net nitrogen mineralisation compared to ungrazed conditions and secondly, it led to spatial heterogeneity in mineralisation rates in the grazed enclosures. This spatial heterogeneity of nitrogen available for plants occurred both between and within plant communities. In the meso-hygrophilous plant community, net nitrogen mineralisation increased with grazing pressure. We suggest that a decrease of C inputs to the soil, concomitant with increasing grazing pressure, could decrease microbial nitrogen immobilisation. By contrast, in the mesophilous plant community net nitrogen mineralisation did not vary with grazing pressure. These differences in the functional responsiveness to grazing and biomass between the two plant communities could be related to the differences in the functional traits characterizing their dominant species along the grazing gradient. In the meso-hygrophilous community, the species composition switch with grazing intensity gradient led to the replacement of the perennial plant species by annual plant species which could lead to an improvement in the litter nitrogen content and an acceleration in the litter decomposition rate. By contrast, in the mesophilous plant community, the perennial species remained dominant along the grazing intensity gradient and could explain the absence of effect on the net nitrogen mineralisation rates. We suggest that at the scale of the vegetation patch, the decrease in plant biomass linked to grazing could regulate soil microorganism activity, in relation with shift in plant functional traits which improve litter decomposability.

Ecosystem change along a woody invasion chronosequence in a California grassland [An article from: Journal of Arid Environments]

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Ecosystem change along a woody invasion chronosequence in a California grassland [An article from: Journal of Arid Environments]
E.S. Zavaleta , and L.S. Kettley
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Arid Environments, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Woody species have increased in abundance in many grassland ecosystems during the last century. To investigate the consequences of Baccharis pilularis encroachment into coastal California grasslands, we established a chronosequence of sites naturally invaded by Baccharis zero to 25 years ago. Increasing above- and below-ground biomass increase along the chronosequence drove increases in ecosystem N sequestration of ~700% and in C storage of over 125%. Colonization by oaks (Quercus agrifolia) and other woody species at sites colonized by Baccharis >15 years ago indicate that the progressive ecosystem changes observed in chronosequence reinforce woody dominance and associated changes at shrub-invaded sites.

Effects of afforestation of a paramo grassland on soil nutrient status [An article from: Forest Ecology and Management]

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Effects of afforestation of a paramo grassland on soil nutrient status [An article from: Forest Ecology and Management]
K.A. Farley , and E.F. Kelly
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This digital document is a journal article from Forest Ecology and Management, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Plantations of radiata pine (Pinus radiata) cover more than 4,000,000ha worldwide [P.B. Lavery, D.J. Mead, Pinus radiata: a narrow endemic from North America takes on the world, in: D.M. Richardson (Ed.), Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998, pp. 432-449]. In many areas, including the Ecuadorian Andes, these plantations have been established on former grasslands. Although this land use has grown over the past four decades in Ecuador, little is known about the effect of the change in vegetation cover on nutrient cycling in the high-altitude grassland systems where the plantations are frequently established. We examined changes in soil nitrogen, phosphorus, and acidity with stand age, using a chronosequence of stands ranging from 0 to 25 years of age. The effects of planting the grasslands with pine were most notable near the soil surface (0-10cm), although in some cases changes deeper in the A horizon were also large. Total nitrogen concentrations became increasingly depleted along the chronosequence at intermediate depth (P=0.04), while N was gained in the litter (P=0.02) and upper-A horizon (P=0.001) until the plantations reached 20 years, at which point it again declined. In the top 10cm, concentrations of NO"3^- increased dramatically under pine (P <0.001), while NH"4^+ was lower than in grasslands (P=0.04). Unlike nitrogen, neither total nor available phosphorus was significantly altered by the change in vegetation. Soil pH was higher in the grassland soils (5.5) than under pine stands of any age (P <0.01), all of which had a mean pH of 5.2. Acidification under pine occurred only in the top 10cm, with no differences in pH at other depths, indicating that it is being driven by soil processes that predominate in the near-surface environment. These results demonstrate that the change of vegetation can affect soil properties on a decadal time scale, with implications for long-term site productivity.

Effects of different diets on utilization of nitrogen from cattle slurry applied to grassland on a sandy soil in The Netherlands [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]

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Effects of different diets on utilization of nitrogen from cattle slurry applied to grassland on a sandy soil in The Netherlands [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]
J.W. Reijs , M.P.W. Sonneveld , P. Sorensen , and Schils
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Dietary adjustments have been suggested as a means to reduce N losses from dairy systems. Differences in fertilizing value of dairy slurry as a result of dietary adjustments were evaluated in a 1-year grassland experiment and by long-term modelling. Slurry composition of non-lactating dairy cows was manipulated by feeding diets with extreme high and low levels of dietary protein and energy. C:N"t"o"t"a"l ratio of the produced slurries ranged from 5.1 to 11.4. To evaluate their short-term fertilizer N value, the experimental slurries (n=8) and slurries from commercial farms with variable composition (n=4), were slit-injected in two grassland fields on the same sandy soil series in the north of The Netherlands (53^o10'N, 6^o04'E), with differences in sward age and ground water level. The recently established grassland field (NEW) was characterized by lower soil OM, N and moisture contents, less herbs and more modern grass varieties compared to the older grassland field (OLD). Slurry was applied in spring (100kgNha^-^1) and after the first cut (80kgNha^-^1) while in total four cuts were harvested. Artificial fertilizer N treatments were included in the experiment to calculate the mineral fertilizer equivalent (MFE) of slurry N. The OLD field showed a higher total N uptake whereas DM yields were similar for the two fields. Average MFE of the slurries on the OLD field (47%) was lower than on the NEW field (56%), probably as a result of denitrification of slurry N during wet conditions in spring. Slurries from high crude protein diets showed a significantly higher MFE (P <0.05) compared to low crude protein diets. No significant differences in MFE were observed between slurries from high and low energy diets. On both fields, MFE appeared to be positively related to the ammonium content (P <0.001) and negatively to the C:N"t"o"t"a"l ratio of the slurry DM (P=0.001). Simulation of the effect of long-term annual application of 180kgNha^-^1 with highest and lowest C:N"t"o"t"a"l ratio suggested that both slurries would lead to an increase in annual soil N mineralization. Both soil N mineralization and SOC appeared to be substantially higher in equilibrium state for the slurry with the highest C:N"t"o"t"a"l ratio. It is concluded that in a situation with slit-injection, the reduced first-year N availability of slurry with a high C:N"t"o"t"a"l ratio as observed in the grassland experiment will only be compensated for by soil N mineralization on the very long term.

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