Soil electrical conductivity and water content affect nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions in intensively managed soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1999-2010

  Adviento Borbe, M A A ^a   Doran, J W ^b   Drijber, R A ^a   Dobermann, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN OXIDES; TOXICITY;

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; SALT STRESS; WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CROPPING SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SALT STRESS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

AEROBIOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845285855     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0109     Document Type: Article

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