Global mitigation potential and costs of reducing agricultural non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions through 2030

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-105

  Beach, Robert H ^a   Creason, Jared ^b   Ohrel, Sara Bushey ^b   Ragnauth, Shaun ^b   Ogle, Stephen ^c   Li, Changsheng ^d   Ingraham, Pete ^e   Salas, William ^e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e Applied Geosolutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropland management; DAYCENT; DNDC; livestock; methane; nitrous oxide; rice cultivation; soil management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961055510     PISSN: 1943815X     EISSN: 19438168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2015.1110183     Document Type: Article

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