Estimating the impact of changing fertilizer application rate, land use, and climate on nitrous oxide emissions in Irish grasslands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 55-71

  Kim, Dong Gill ^a,b   Rafique, Rashad ^b,c   Leahy, Paul ^b   Cochrane, Mark ^d   Kiely, Gerard ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Land use change; Nitrogen fertilizer; Nitrous oxide; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROUS OXIDE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84890862298     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1862-2     Document Type: Article

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