Simulating greenhouse gas budgets of four California cropping systems under conventional and alternative management

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1805-1819

  De Gryze, Steven ^a,b   Wolf, Adam ^c   Kaffka, Stephen R ^a   Mitchell, Jeff ^a   Rolston, Dennis E ^a   Temple, Steven R ^a   Lee, Juhwan ^a   Six, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Terra Global Capital   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical modeling; Central Valley, California, USA; Conservation tillage; Cover cropping; DAYCENT model; Greenhouse gases; Low input management; Organic agriculture

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; COTTON; COVER CROP; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METHANE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL GAS; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TIME; TOMATO; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIANTHUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77957727475     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0772.1     Document Type: Article

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