Estimating direct N2O emissions from sheep, beef, and deer grazed pastures in New Zealand hill country: Accounting for the effect of land slope on the N2O emission factors from urine and dung

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 205, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-78

  Saggar, Surinder ^a   Giltrap, Donna L ^a   Davison, Rob ^b   Gibson, Rob ^b   de Klein, Cecile A M ^c   Rollo, Mike ^d   Ettema, Peter ^e   Rys, Gerald ^e  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Beef and Lamb New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^e Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal grazing and resting behaviour; Country specific emissions; IPCC; New methodology; Nitrous oxide; Nutrient transfer model; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; FARM SIZE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; INVENTORY; LIVESTOCK; PASTURE; RUMINANT; SLOPE; SOIL PROPERTY; URINE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84925637165     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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