Dairy cow excreta patches change the boreal grass swards from sink to source of methane

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-99

  Maljanen, Marja ^a   Virkajärvi, Perttu ^b   Martikainen, Pertti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Dung; Emission; Grazing; Methane; Urine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867668937     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: 17951895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.5016     Document Type: Article

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