Impacts of grazing intensity on denitrification and N2O production in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-115

  Xu, Yuqing ^a,b   Wan, Shiqiang ^a   Cheng, Weixin ^a,c   Li, Linghao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Grazing intensity; N2O production; Temperate steppe

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; PASTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NITROGEN; STEPPE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UNGULATE;

OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 44449099051     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9197-4     Document Type: Article

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