Short-term effects of biogas digestate and cattle slurry application on greenhouse gas emissions affected by N availability from grasslands on drained fen peatlands and associated organic soils
A change in German energy policy has resulted in a strong increase in the number of biogas plants in Germany. As a consequence, huge amounts of nutrient-rich residues, the by-products of the fermentative process, are used as organic fertilizers. Drained peatlands are increasingly used to satisfy the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-11-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/6187/2014/bg-11-6187-2014.pdf |