Mitigating n2O emissions from soil: From patching leaks to transformative action

SOIL

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 687-694

  Decock, C ^a   Lee, J ^a   Necpalova, M ^a   Pereira, E I P ^a   Tendall, D M ^a   Six, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84976883448     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-1-687-2015     Document Type: Article

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