Urination data for Welsh Mountain ewes grazing upland and lowland pastures in North Wales, 2016
type: Dataset
citation: Marsden, K.A., Lush, L., Holmberg, J.A., Whelan, M.J., King, A.J., Wilson, R.P., Charteris, A.F., Cardenas, L.M., Jones, D.L., Chadwick, D.R. (2021). Urination data for Welsh Mountain ewes grazing upland and lowland pastures in North Wales, 2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/385ec5ab-0c47-46fc-b5df-008ca024296f
description: The data contains urination metrics including frequency, volume, chemical composition, estimated urine patch N loading rates and metabolomics profile of individual urine events from sheep (Welsh Mountain ewe) grazing a semi-improved upland pasture and a lowland improved pasture located in North Wales, UK. Urine collection studies were run in the spring, summer and autumn of 2016 for the semi-improved site and in autumn of 2016 on the lowland improved pasture. Sheep were housed in urine collection pens and while in the pens, each individual urine event was collected and stored separately. The study was conducted as a wider part of the NERC funded Uplands-N2O project (Grant No: NE/M015351/1). The frequency, volume and chemical composition of individual urine events has implications for nitrogen losses from the grazed pasture ecosystem, including emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, and nitrate leaching.
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date published: 2021-04-22
keywords: nitrogen
keywords: Animal behaviour
keywords: agriculture
keywords: livestock farming
creator: Marsden, K.A.
creator: Lush, L.
creator: Holmberg, J.A.
creator: Whelan, M.J.
creator: King, A.J.
creator: Wilson, R.P.
creator: Charteris, A.F.
creator: Cardenas, L.M.
creator: Jones, D.L.
creator: Chadwick, D.R.
temporal coverage: 2016-03-01/2016-10-31
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funding: Grazing behaviour, urine composition and soil properties are key drivers of nitrous oxide emissions from livestock urine in the uplands (Uplands-N2O)
license: Open Government Licence v3
distribution: distribution0
publisher: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
provider: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
included in data catalog: Environmental Information Data Centre

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livestock farming
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Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Open Government Licence v3
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alternate name: OGL-UK-3.0

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Marsden, K.A.
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family name: Marsden
given name: K.A.
affiliation: Bangor University

Lush, L.
type: Person
family name: Lush
given name: L.
affiliation: Swansea University

Holmberg, J.A.
type: Person
family name: Holmberg
given name: J.A.
affiliation: Bangor University

Whelan, M.J.
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family name: Whelan
given name: M.J.
affiliation: University of Leicester

King, A.J.
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family name: King
given name: A.J.
affiliation: Swansea University

Wilson, R.P.
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family name: Wilson
given name: R.P.
affiliation: Swansea University

Charteris, A.F.
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family name: Charteris
given name: A.F.
affiliation: Rothamsted Research, North Wyke

Cardenas, L.M.
type: Person
family name: Cardenas
given name: L.M.
affiliation: Rothamsted Research, North Wyke

Jones, D.L.
type: Person
family name: Jones
given name: D.L.
affiliation: Bangor University

Chadwick, D.R.
type: Person
family name: Chadwick
given name: D.R.
affiliation: Bangor University

Grazing behaviour, urine composition and soil properties are key drivers of nitrous oxide emissions from livestock urine in the uplands (Uplands-N2O)
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funder: Natural Environment Research Council

Natural Environment Research Council
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Bangor University
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Swansea University
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University of Leicester
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Rothamsted Research, North Wyke
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