Nitrous oxide emissions from cultivated black soil: A case study in Northeast China and global estimates using empirical model

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1311-1326

  Chen, Zengming ^a,b   Ding, Weixin ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^c   Yu, Hongyan ^a   Xu, Yehong ^a,b   Müller, Christoph ^d,e   Xu, Xia ^c   Zhu, Tongbin ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black soil; Denitrification; Empirical model; Heterotrophic nitrification; Manure; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HETEROTROPHY; MANURE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84916881523     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004871     Document Type: Article

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