Stimulation of N2O emission by manure application to agricultural soils may largely offset carbon benefits: a global meta-analysis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 4068-4083

  Zhou, Minghua ^a,b   Zhu, Bo ^b   Wang, Shijie ^c,d   Zhu, Xinyu ^e   Vereecken, Harry ^a   Brüggemann, Nicolas ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d Puding Karst Ecosystem Observation and Research Station   (China)

^e SHANGQIU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

animal manure; emission factor; greenhouse gas balance; manure characteristics; meta analysis; nitrous oxide; soil pH; soil texture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL TEXTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

CARBON; FERTILIZER; MANURE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CARBON CYCLE; MANURE; META ANALYSIS; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CATTLE; FERTILIZERS; MANURE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

EID: 85014579794     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13648     Document Type: Article

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