Modeling biogeochemical impacts of alternative management practices for a row-crop field in Iowa

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 30-48

  Farahbakhshazad, Neda ^a   Dinnes, Dana L ^b   Li, Changsheng ^a   Jaynes, Dan B ^b   Salas, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

^c Applied Geosolutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem management; Crop yield; DNDC model; N2O emission; Nitrate N leaching; Soil organic carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP; CROP YIELD; EMISSION; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; ZERO TILLAGE;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348932284     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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