Nitrous oxide emissions from in situ deposition of 15N-labeled ryegrass litter in a pasture soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 323-331

  Pal, Pranoy ^a   Clough, Tim J ^a   Kelliher, Francis M ^a,b   Sherlock, Robert R ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFAULT EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION FACTORS; IN-SITU DEPOSITION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POSITIVE IONS;

SOILS;

CALCIUM; CARBON; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; NITROUS OXIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOIL;

AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; HERBAGE; METEOROLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; PASTURELAND; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PH; PLANT RESIDUE; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOLIUM; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOLIUM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

EID: 84874985584     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0271     Document Type: Article

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