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
Few field studies examine greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from African agricultural systems resulting in high uncertainty for national inventories. We provide here the most comprehensive study in Africa to date, examining annual CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions from 59 plots, across different vegetation...
Pelster, David E.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Mango, Joash
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Saiz, G.
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Díaz Pinés, Eugenio
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Baldi, G.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Smallholder African farms in western Kenya have limited greenhouse gas fluxes]
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Smallholder African farms in western Kenya have limited greenhouse gas fluxes
Ndambi, O.A.
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Pelster, David E.
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Owino, Joseph
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Buisonjé, F. de
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Vellinga, T.
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[Manure management practices and policies in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications on manure quality as a fertilizer]
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Manure management practices and policies in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications on manure quality as a fertilizer
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
Land use change, especially conversion of native forests can have large impacts on water resources. Large scale conversion of native forests to agricultural land has occurred in the last few decades in the Mau Forest region. To quantify and understand landscape hydrologic responses, this study ai...
Owuor, Steven O.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Guzha, A.C.
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Jacobs, S.
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Merbold, Lutz
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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, L.
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[Conversion of natural forest results in a significant degradation of soil hydraulic properties in the highlands of Kenya]
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Conversion of natural forest results in a significant degradation of soil hydraulic properties in the highlands of Kenya
Measurement of liveweight of stock is one of the most important production tools available to farmers – playing a role in nutrition, fertility management, health and marketing. Yet most farmers in sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to scales on which to weigh cattle. Heart girth measurements (...
Goopy, John P.
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Pelster, David E.
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Onyango, A.
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Marshall, Karen
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Lukuyu, Margaret N.
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[Simple and robust algorithms to estimate liveweight in African smallholder cattle]
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Simple and robust algorithms to estimate liveweight in African smallholder cattle
Using the net anthropogenic nitrogen input (NANI) approach we estimated the N budget for the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa. The NANI of the basin ranged from 887 to 3008 kg N km−2 yr−1 (mean: 1827 kg N km−2 yr−1) for the period 1995–2000. The net nitrogen release at basin level is due primar...
Zhou, M.
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Brandt, P.
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Pelster, David E.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Robinson, Timothy P.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Regional nitrogen budget of the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa: Syntheses, uncertainties and perspectives]
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Regional nitrogen budget of the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa: Syntheses, uncertainties and perspectives
In the last 40 years, large areas of the Mau forest, the largest contiguous tropical montane forest in East Africa, have been cleared for agriculture. To date, there are no empirical data on how this land use change affects carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes from soil respiration and soil methane (CH4) ...
Wanyama, Ibrahim
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Pelster, David E.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Martius, C.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region]
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Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region
Livestock production is responsible for a large amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, numerous approaches have been developed to reduce these emissions and thus lower environmental pollution caused by livestock husbandry. This article shows where interventions are possible and which ...
Dickhoefer, Uta
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Pelster, David E.
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[What is needed for reducing the greenhouse gas footprint?]
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What is needed for reducing the greenhouse gas footprint?
Rochette, P.
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Liang, C.
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Pelster, David E.
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Bergeron, O.
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Lemke, R.
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Kroebel, R.
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MacDonald, D.
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Yan, W.
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Flemming, C.
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[Soil nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils in Canada: Exploring relationships with soil, crop and climatic variables]
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Soil nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils in Canada: Exploring relationships with soil, crop and climatic variables