Seasonal variations in nitrous oxide losses from managed grasslands in the Netherlands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-274

  Velthof, G L ^a   Brader, A B ^a   Oenema, O ^a,b  

^a Nutrients Management Institute NMI   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

grassland; grazing; groundwater level; nitrogen fertilizer; nitrous oxide; seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0029660663     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012061     Document Type: Article

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