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Direct nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes from soils under different land use in Brazil—a critical review [1]

Brazil typifies the land use changes happening in South America, where natural vegetation is continuously converted into agriculturally used lands, such as cattle pastures and croplands. Such changes in land use are always associated with changes in the soil nutrient cycles and result in altered greenhouse gas fluxes from the soil to the atmosphere. In this study, we analyzed literature values to extract patterns of direct nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from soils of different ecosystems in Brazil.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
12/02/2016
Katharina H E Meurer [3], Uwe Franko [4], Claus F Stange & et al [5]
Environmental Research Letters [6]
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Tags:
Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [7], Land Use [8], Brazil [9], Agriculture [10], Green House Gases [11], Deforestation [12], Rainfall Pattern [13]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/direct-nitrous-oxide-n2o-fluxes-soils-under-different-land-use-brazil%E2%80%94-critical
[2] http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/023001
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/katharina-h-e-meurer
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/uwe-franko
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/claus-f-stange-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-research-letters
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oxides-nitrogen-nox
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern