Effect of slurry and ammonium nitrate application on greenhouse gas fluxes of a grassland soil under atypical South West England weather conditions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 181, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Louro, A ^a   Sawamoto, T ^b   Chadwick, D ^c,e   Pezzolla, D ^d   Bol, R ^c,f   Baez D ^a   Cardenas, L ^c  

^a Centro de Investigacions Agrarias de Mabegondo   (Spain)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia emission modelling; Ammonium nitrate; Cattle slurry; Dry soil conditions; Greenhouse gases; Plant N offtake

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GAS TRANSPORT; GRASS; GRASSLAND SOIL; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; RAINFALL; SLURRY; SOIL EMISSION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885461428     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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