Ammonia emissions from cattle urine and dung excreted on pasture

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 327-338

  Laubach, J ^a   Taghizadeh Toosi, A ^b,d   Gibbs, S J ^b   Sherlock, R R ^b   Kelliher, F M ^c   Grover, S P P ^a,e  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECES; PASTURE; PH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINE; VOLATILIZATION;

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EID: 84873858148     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-327-2013     Document Type: Article

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