Livestock enclosures in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions

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Butterbach-Bahl, K., Gettel, G., Kiese, R., Fuchs, K., Werner, C., Rahimi, J., Barthel, M. and Merbold, L. 2020. Livestock enclosures in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions. Nature Communications 11(1):4644.

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