Agriculture: Sustainable crop and animal production to help mitigate nitrous oxide emissions

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 9-10, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-54

  Snyder, C S ^a   Davidson, E A ^b   Smith, P ^c   Venterea, R T ^d  

^a International Plant Nutrition Institute   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PRODUCTION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84906055164     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.07.005     Document Type: Review

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