Methane emission measurements in a cattle grazed pasture: a comparison of four methods
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Methane emission measurements in a cattle grazed pasture: a comparison of four methods T. Tallec, K. Klumpp, A. Hensen, Y. Rochette, and J.-F. Soussana INRA, UR874 Grassland Ecosystem Research, 234 Avenue du Brézet, 63100 Clermont-Ferrand, France Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) P.O. Box 1 1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands INRA, UR1213 Herbivores, 63122 St Genes Champanelle, France now at: Centre d’Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère (CESBIO), 18 avenue Edouard Belin bpi 2801, 31401 Toulouse cedex 9, France Received: 30 July 2012 – Accepted: 20 September 2012 – Published: 17 October 2012 Correspondence to: K. Klumpp ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. 14407
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