Dairy cow excreta patches change the boreal grass swards from sink to source of methane

We studied methane (CH4) flux rates from experimental excreta patches on a dairy pasture with a chamber technique during snow free seasons and with a gas gradient technique during winter from timothy-meadow fescue sward with mineral N fertilization (220 kg ha-1) and from grass-white clover mixture...

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Main Authors: Marja Elisa Maljanen, Perttu Virkajärvi, Pertti J. Martikainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 2012-06-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Science
Online Access:https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/5016