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Meta‐analysis of global livestock urine‐derived nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils

María López‐Aizpún, Claire Horrocks, Alice F. Charteris, Karina A. Marsden, Verónica Ciganda, Jess Evans, David R. Chadwick, L. M. Cardenas

Global Change Biology · 2020

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Summary

Nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub> O) is an air pollutant of major environmental concern, with agriculture representing 60% of anthropogenic global N<sub>2</sub> O emissions. Much of the N<sub>2</sub> O emissions from livestock production systems result from transformation of N deposited to soil within animal excreta. There exists a substantial body of literature on urine patch N<sub>2</sub> O dynamics, we aimed to identify key controlling factors influencing N<sub>2</sub> O emissions and to aid understanding of knowledge gaps to improve GHG reporting and prioritize future research. We conducted an extensive literature review and random effect meta-analysis (using REML) of results to identify key relationships between multiple potential independent factors and global N<sub>2</sub> O emissions fa

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1111/gcb.15012
Catalogue ID
SNmoef2c4m-up1f7r
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