Nitrous oxide emission from Australian agricultural lands and mitigation options: A review

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-195

  Dalal, Ram C ^a   Wang, Weijin ^a   Robertson, G Philip ^b   Parton, William J ^c  

^a Natural Resource Sciences ^*  (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide equivalent; Cropping; Denitrification; Fertilisers; Greenhouse gases; Nitrogen use efficiency; Pastures; Water filled pore space

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL EMISSION;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SALINITY; SOIL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; VICTORIA;

EID: 0038332157     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR02064     Document Type: Article

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