The effect of agriculture on methane oxidation in soil

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 59-70

  Powlson, D S ^a   Goulding, K W T ^a   Willison, T W ^a   Webster, C P ^a   Hutsch B W ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land use; Methane; Nitrogen fertilizer; Oxidation; Soil

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC SOIL; LANDUSE; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION RATE; WOODLAND SOIL;

UK, ENGLAND, HERTFORDSHCRE, ROTHAMSTED;

EID: 0031397725     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009704226554     Document Type: Article

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