Measured and simulated nitrous oxide emissions from ryegrass- and ryegrass/white clover-based grasslands in a moist temperate climate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Li, Dejun ^a,b   Lanigan, Gary ^a   Humphreys, James ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RANGELAND; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SPRING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CLOVER; DAIRYING; DENITRIFICATION; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; SOIL;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

CLIMATE; DAIRYING; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; LOLIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 80053916337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026176     Document Type: Article

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