Initial nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane costs of converting conservation reserve program grassland to row crops under no-till vs. conventional tillage

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2478-2489

  Ruan, Leilei ^a   Philip Robertson, G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Conservation reserve program; Global warming impact; Greenhouse gas balance; Methane; Nitrous oxide; No till; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PRODUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; HERBICIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM; CROP; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NO-TILL; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NO-TILL; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MICHIGAN; NITROUS OXIDE;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84880132072     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12216     Document Type: Article

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