Bovine urine and dung deposited on Brazilian savannah pastures contribute differently to direct and indirect soil nitrous oxide emissions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-111

  Lessa, Ana Carolina R ^a   Madari, Beata E ^b   Paredes, Debora S ^a   Boddey, Robert M ^c   Urquiaga, Segundo ^c   Jantalia, Claudia P ^c   Alves, Bruno J R ^c  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cattle excreta; Greenhouse gases

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTURE; RUMINANT; SOIL EMISSION; VOLATILIZATION;

BRAZIL;

BOS; BOVINAE; BRACHIARIA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 84901856773     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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