Nitrous oxide, methane and ammonia emissions following slurry spreading on grassland

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-237

  Rodhe, L ^a   Pell, M ^b   Yamulki, S ^c  

^a Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia emissions; Grassland; Greenhouse gases; Injection technique; Slurry

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EMISSION; GRASSLAND; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SLURRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33746932055     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2006.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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