Summary
Urine patches and dung pats from grazing livestock create hotspots for production and emission of the greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O), and represent a large proportion of total N<sub>2</sub>O emissions in many national agricultural greenhouse gas inventories. As such, there is much interest in developing country specific N<sub>2</sub>O emission factors (EFs) for excretal nitrogen (EF<sub>3,</sub> pasture, range and paddock) deposited during gazing. The aims of this study were to generate separate N<sub>2</sub>O emissions data for cattle derived urine and dung, to provide an evidence base for the generation of a country specific EF for the UK from this nitrogen source. The experiments were also designed to determine the effects of site and timing of application on emissions,
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