Nitrous oxide emissions from the nitrogen cycle in arable agriculture: Estimation and mitigation

Nitrous Oxide and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 85-106

  Bouwman, Lex ^a   Stehfest, Elke ^a   van Kessel, Chris ^b  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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