Short-term effects of biogas digestate and cattle slurry application on greenhouse gas emissions affected by N availability from grasslands on drained fen peatlands and associated organic soils

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 6187-6207

  Eickenscheidt, T ^a   Freibauer, A ^b   Heinichen, J ^a   Augustin, J ^c   Drosler M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CATTLE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC SOIL; PEATLAND; SLURRY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WASTE; YIELD RESPONSE;

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EID: 84911444812     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-6187-2014     Document Type: Article

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