Farm nitrogen balances in six European landscapes as an indicator for nitrogen losses and basis for improved management

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5303-5321

  Dalgaard, T ^a   Bienkowski, J F ^b   Bleeker, A ^c   Dragosits, U ^d   Drouet, J L ^e   Durand, P ^f   Frumau, A ^c   Hutchings, N J ^a   Kedziora, A ^b   Magliulo, V ^g   Olesen, J E ^a   Theobald, M R ^d,h   Maury, O ^e   Akkal, N ^f   Cellier, P ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

^f Agro hydrosystems Spatialisation   (France)

^g Institute for Agriculture and Forest Systems in the Mediterranean   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CATTLE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHEEP;

DENMARK; FRANCE; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84872709098     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-5303-2012     Document Type: Article

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