Policies for agricultural nitrogen management-trends, challenges and prospects for improved efficiency in Denmark

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Dalgaard, Tommy ^a   Hansen, Birgitte ^b   Hasler, Berit ^a   Hertel, Ole ^a   Hutchings, Nicholas J ^a   Jacobsen, Brian H ^c   Jensen, Lars Stoumann ^c   Kronvang, Brian ^a   Olesen, Jørgen E ^a   Schjørring, Jan K ^c   Kristensen, Ib Sillebak ^a   Graversgaard, Morten ^a   Termansen, Mette ^a   Vejre, Henrik ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Nitrogen management; Nitrogen policy development; Nitrogen surplus; Nitrogen use efficiency; Reactive nitrogen; Regulation

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN SURPLUS; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REACTIVE NITROGEN; REGULATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION POLICY; RHIZOSPHERE;

DENMARK;

EID: 84908577363     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/115002     Document Type: Article

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