Coupling carbon and nitrogen cycles for environmentally sustainable intensification of grasslands and crop-livestock systems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-17

  Soussana, Jean François ^a,b   Lemaire, Gilles ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

Author keywords

C and N cycles; C sequestration; Grassland ecosystems; Grassland management; Greenhouse Gas emission; Integrated crop livestock systems; Soil Organic Matter dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GRASSLAND; MIXED FARMING; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84901832990     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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