Denitrification and associated soil N2O emissions due to agricultural activities in a changing climate

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^a   Dannenmann, Michael ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER; FLOODING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INHIBITOR; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MITIGATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SUBSOIL; UPLAND REGION; VOLATILIZATION; ZERO TILLAGE;

EID: 80053251572     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2011.08.004     Document Type: Review

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