Long-term impacts of manure amendments on carbon and greenhouse gas dynamics of rangelands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4533-4547

  Owen, Justine J ^a   Parton, William J ^b   Silver, Whendee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; DayCent; Greenhouse gas emissions; Manure; Pasture; Rangelands; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RANGELAND; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS; MANURE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIA; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MANURE; SEASON; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DAIRYING; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MANURE; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME;

EID: 84947029237     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13044     Document Type: Article

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