Effect of soil nitrogen, carbon and moisture on methane uptake by dry tropical forest soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-121

  Singh, J S ^a   Singh, Smita ^a   Raghubanshi, A S ^a   Singh, Saranath ^a   Kashyap, A K ^a   Reddy, V S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Methane uptake; Soil carbon; Soil moisture; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030717653     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004233208325     Document Type: Article

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