Ammonia and nitrous oxide interactions: Roles of manure organic matter management

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2011, Pages 503-513

  Petersen, Søren O ^a   Sommer, Sven G ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acidification; Ammonia; Digestion; Mitigation; Nitrous oxide; Separation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79958766928     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.077     Document Type: Article

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