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Fig. 2. Temporal variations of (a) soil NH+4N (012 cm); (b) soil NO3N (012 cm), and (c) cumulated N2O emissions for a loam soil cropped to maize and amended with ammonium nitrate fertilizer (NH4NO3), and pig slurry applied in the fall (fall slurry) or in the spring (spring slurry). Fall application of slurry was made on 13 Oct. 1998, and ammonium nitrate and spring slurry were applied on 17 May 1999. Error bars represent the LSD (P = 0.05) for treatment comparison at each date.