Planning for agricultural adaptation and mitigation has to lean on informed decision-making processes. Stakeholder involvement, consensus building and the integration of comprehensive and reliable information represent crucial, yet challenging, pillars for successful outcomes. The spatially-expli...
Brandt, P.
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Kvakić, M.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[How to target climate-smart agriculture? Concept and application of the consensus-driven decision support framework “targetCSA”]
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How to target climate-smart agriculture? Concept and application of the consensus-driven decision support framework “targetCSA”
The effects of land use and land cover (LULC) on groundwater recharge and surface runoff and how these are affected by LULC changes are of interest for sustainable water resources management. However, there is limited quantitative evidence on how changes to LULC in semi-arid tropical and subtropi...
Owuor, Steven O.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Guzha, Alphonce Chenjerayi
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Pelster, David E.
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Díaz Pinés, Eugenio
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Breuer, Lutz
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[Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments]
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Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments
The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector contributes with ca. 20–25 % of global anthropogenic emissions (2010), making it a key component of any climate change mitigation strategy. AFOLU estimates, however, remain highly uncertain, jeopardizing the mitigation effectiveness of t...
Román Cuesta, Rosa Maria
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Herold, Martin
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Houghton, Richard A.
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Rossi, Simone
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Ogle, Stephen
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Poulter, Benjamin
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Martius, Christopher
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Bruin, Sytze de
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[Multi-gas and multi-source comparisons of six land use emission datasets and AFOLU estimates in the Fifth Assessment Report, for the tropics for 2000–2005]
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Multi-gas and multi-source comparisons of six land use emission datasets and AFOLU estimates in the Fifth Assessment Report, for the tropics for 2000–2005
In this paper, we investigate similarities of effects of soil environmental drivers on year-round daily soil fluxes of nitrous oxide and methane for three distinct semi-natural or natural ecosystems: temperate spruce forest, Germany; tropical rain forest, Queensland, Australia; and ungrazed semi-...
Luo, G.J.
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Kiese, Ralf
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Wolf, B.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Effects of soil temperature and moisture on methane uptakes and nitrous oxide emissions across three different ecosystem types]
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Effects of soil temperature and moisture on methane uptakes and nitrous oxide emissions across three different ecosystem types
Background and aims. The direct measurement of denitrification dynamics and its product fractions is important for parameterizing process-oriented model(s) for nitrogen cycling in various soils. The aims of this study are to a) directly measure the denitrification potential and the fractions of n...
Rui Wang
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Qi Feng
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Tingting Liao
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Xunhua Zheng
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Wei Zhang
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Chunyi Jin
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[Effects of nitrate concentration on the denitrification potential of a calcic cambisol and its fractions of N2, N2O and NO]
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Effects of nitrate concentration on the denitrification potential of a calcic cambisol and its fractions of N2, N2O and NO
Global nitrogen fixation contributes 413 Tg of reactive nitrogen (Nr) to terrestrial and marine ecosystems annually of which anthropogenic activities are responsible for half, 210 Tg N. The majority of the transformations of anthropogenic Nr are on land (240 Tg N yr-1) within soils and vegetation...
Fowler, D.
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Coyle, M.
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Skiba, U.
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Sutton, M.A.
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Cape, J.N.
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Reis, S.
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Sheppard, L.J.
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Jenkins, A.
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Grizetti, B.
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Galloway, J.N.
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Vitousek, P.
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Leach, A.
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Bouwman, A.F.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Dentener, F.
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Stevenson, D.
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Amann, M.
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Voss, M.l.
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[The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century]
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The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century
Site-Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM) provides guidance relevant to the context of farmers' fields. SSNM maintains or enhances crop yields, while providing savings for farmers through more efficient fertilizer use. By minimizing fertilizer overuse, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced, in s...
Richards, Meryl
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Ortiz Monasterio, Ivan
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Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
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Lipinski B
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[Site-Specific Nutrient Management: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors]
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Site-Specific Nutrient Management: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors
This study aims to explain effects of soil textural class, topography, land use, and land use history on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the Lake Victoria region. We measured GHG fluxes from intact soil cores collected in Rakai, Uganda, an area characterized by low‐input smallholder (<2 ha) f...
Wanyama, Ibrahim
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Pelster, David E.
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Wanyama, George N.
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Atzberger, Clement
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Land Use, Land Use History, and Soil Type Affect Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Agricultural Landscapes of the East African Highlands]
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Land Use, Land Use History, and Soil Type Affect Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Agricultural Landscapes of the East African Highlands
Studies that quantify nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes from African tropical forests and adjacent managed land uses are scarce. The expansion of smallholder agriculture and commercial agriculture into the Mau forest, the largest montane forest in Kenya, has caused large-scale land use change over the l...
Wanyamaa, I.
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Pelster, David E.
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Arias-Navarro, Cristina
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[Management intensity controls soil N2O fluxes in an Afromontane ecosystem]
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Management intensity controls soil N2O fluxes in an Afromontane ecosystem
Semi-arid lands represent one fifth of the global land area but our understanding of greenhouse gas fluxes from these regions is poor. We investigated if inclusion of a grain legume and/or lime in a crop rotation altered greenhouse gas emissions from an acidic soil. Nitrous oxide (N2O) and methan...
Barton, L.
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Murphy, D.V.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Influence of crop rotation and liming on greenhouse gas emissions from a semi-arid soil]
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Influence of crop rotation and liming on greenhouse gas emissions from a semi-arid soil