Global agriculture and nitrous oxide emissions

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 410-416

  Reay, Dave S ^a   Davidson, Eric A ^b   Smith, Keith A ^a,c   Smith, Pete ^d   Melillo, Jerry M ^e   Dentener, Frank ^f   Crutzen, Paul J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Woodlands One   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; NITROUS OXIDE; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 84861611838     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1458     Document Type: Review

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