Revealing N management intensity on grassland farms based on natural δ15N abundance

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-167

  Kriszan, Melanie ^a   Schellberg, Jürgen ^a   Amelung, Wulf ^a   Gebbing, Thomas ^b   Pötsch, Erich M ^c   Kühbauch, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Chamber of Agriculture North Rhine Westphalia   (Germany)

^c LFZ Raumberg Gumpenstein   (Austria)

Author keywords

15N; Grassland; Management; N balance

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANURE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT BUDGET;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; STYRIA;

EID: 84890840982     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.11.028     Document Type: Article

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