Effect of water-level drawdown on global climatic warming: Northern peatlands

Ambio

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-184

  Laine, Jukka ^a   Silvola, Jouko ^b   Tolonen, Kimmo ^b   Alm, Jukka ^b   Nykänen, Hannu ^b   Vasander, Harri ^b   Sallantaus, Tapani ^b   Savolainen, Ilkka ^b   Sinisalo, Jukka ^b   Martikainen, Pertti J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE EMISSION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; WATER-LEVEL DRAWDOWN;

EID: 0030456050     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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