Quantifying impacts of nitrogen use in European agriculture on global warming potential

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 291-302

  De Vries, Wim ^a   Kros, Johannes ^a   Reinds, Gert Jan ^a   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EUTROPHICATION; FARMING SYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NITROUS OXIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 80053275913     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2011.08.009     Document Type: Review

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