Carbon budgets for an irrigated intensively grazed dairy pasture and an unirrigated winter-grazed pasture

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2927-2944

  Hunt, John E ^a   Laubach, Johannes ^a   Barthel, Matti ^a,b   Fraser, Anitra ^a   Phillips, Rebecca L ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CARBON BUDGET; EDDY COVARIANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WINTER;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84977613756     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-2927-2016     Document Type: Article

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