Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 09 2020
15 09 2020
Historique:
received:
12
05
2020
accepted:
18
08
2020
entrez:
16
9
2020
pubmed:
17
9
2020
medline:
17
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is home to approximately ¼ of the global livestock population, which in the last 60 years has increased by factors of 2.5-4 times for cattle, goats and sheep. An important resource for pastoralists, most livestock live in semi-arid and arid environments, where they roam during the day and are kept in enclosures (or bomas) during the night. Manure, although rich in nitrogen, is rarely used, and therefore accumulates in bomas over time. Here we present in-situ measurements of N
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pubmed: 32934243
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18359-y
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-18359-y
pmc: PMC7493980
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figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.12793868']
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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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eng
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