The nitrogen, carbon and greenhouse gas budget of a grazed, cut and fertilised temperate grassland

• Published in: Biogeosciences Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 2069 - 2088
• Main Authors: Jones, Stephanie K., Helfter, Carole, Anderson, Margaret, Coyle, Mhairi, Campbell, Claire, Famulari, Daniela, Di Marco, Chiara, van Dijk, Netty, Tang, Y. Sim, Topp, Cairistiona F. E., Kiese, Ralf, Kindler, Reimo, Siemens, Jan, Schrumpf, Marion, Kaiser, Klaus, Nemitz, Eiko, Levy, Peter E., Rees, Robert M., Sutton, Mark A., Skiba, Ute M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 24.04.2017; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Air pollution; Animal manures; Animal products; Animals; Budgets; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Cattle; Climate; Confidence intervals; Ecosystems; Efficiency; Emissions; Equilibrium; Estimates; Exchanging; Exports; Fermentation; Fertilizers; Fluxes; Gases; Grasses; Grassland management; Grasslands; Grazing; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Imports; International trade; Leaching; Livestock; Manures; Meat; Methane; Modelling; Nitrogen; Nitrogen compounds; Nitrogen oxides; Nitrous oxide; Organic fertilizers; Respiration; Silage; Soil; Soil layers; Soils; Stock assessment; Stocks; Strength; Temperate climates; Uptake; Wool; United Kingdom > UK; Scotland

Intensively managed grazed grasslands in temperate climates are globally important environments for the exchange of the greenhouse gases (GHGs) carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). We assessed the N and C budget of a mostly grazed and occasionally cut and fertilised grassland...