Rates and controls of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide emissions following conversion of forest to pasture in Rondônia

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Neill, Christopher ^a   Steudler, Paul A ^a   Garcia Montiel, Diana C ^a   Melillo, Jerry M ^a   Feigl, Brigitte J ^b   Piccolo, Marisa C ^b   Cerri, Carlos C ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Deforestation; Greenhouse gases; Nitric oxide; Nitrous oxide; Pasture; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; SOIL EMISSION;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

RONDONIA;

EID: 18144397511     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-004-0378-9     Document Type: Article

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