A proposed approach to estimate and reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from whole farms

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-418

  Janzen, H H ^a   Angers, D A ^a   Boehm, M ^a   Bolinder, M ^a   Desjardins, R L ^a   Dyer, J A ^b   Ellert, B H ^a   Gibb, D J ^a   Gregorich, E G ^a   Helgason, B L ^a   Lemke, R ^a   Masse D ^a   McGinn, S M ^a   McAllister, T A ^a   Newlands, N ^a   Pattey, E ^a   Rochette, P ^a   Smith, W ^a   Vandenbygaart, A J ^a   Wang, H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; CH4; Climate change; CO2; Models; N2O

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ALGORITHM; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 33845942045     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S05-101     Document Type: Review

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