Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in grassland ecosystems of the central lithuania: Multi-criteria evaluation on a basis of the ARAS method

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Balezentiene, Ligita ^a   Kusta, Albinas ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BIOSPHERE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GRAVIMETRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITHUANIA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PH; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

FERTILIZER;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERTILIZERS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LITHUANIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84867782365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/908384     Document Type: Article

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