Nitrous oxide emissions and methane oxidation by soil following cultivation of two different leguminous pastures

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 52-60

  Van Der Weerden, T J ^a   Sherlock, R R ^a   Williams, P H ^a,b   Cameron, K C ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clover; Cultivation; Herb ley; Methane; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; METHANE; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; OXIDATION; PASTURE; PH; SOIL;

METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033398767     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050587     Document Type: Article

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