Nitrous oxide emissions in agricultural soils: A review;Emissões de óxido nitroso em solos agrícolas: Uma revisão

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 322-338

  Signor, Diana ^a   Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino ^b  

^a EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Greenhouse gases emission; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885200337     PISSN: 15176398     EISSN: 19834063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1983-40632013000300014     Document Type: Review

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