Yield-scaled mitigation of ammonia emission from N fertilization: The Spanish case

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Sanz Cobena, A ^a   Lassaletta, L ^b,c   Estelles F ^d   Del Prado, A ^e   Guardia, G ^a   Abalos, D ^a   Aguilera, E ^f   Pardo, G ^e   Vallejo, A ^a   Sutton, M A ^g   Garnier, J ^b,h   Billen, G ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^e BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fertilizers; Mitigation scenarios; N yields; NH3 emission; Nitrogen use efficiency; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CROPS; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; UREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION MEASURES; MITIGATION SCENARIOS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; REGIONAL SCALE; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS;

UREA FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; MANURE; MITIGATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UREA;

SPAIN;

EID: 84919665764     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/125005     Document Type: Article

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