Nitrous oxide emissions from soils due to inputs of nitrogen from excreta return by livestock on grazed grassland in the U.K.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 597-607

  Allen, A G ^a,b   Jarvis, S C ^b   Headon, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GRASSLAND; LIVESTOCK; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN INPUT; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL EMISSION;

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EID: 0030111913     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00186-7     Document Type: Article

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