Methane emission by termites and oxidation by soils, across a forest disturbance gradient in the Mbalmayo Forest Reserve, Cameroon

Global Change Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 409-418

  Macdonald, Jannette A ^a   Eggleton, Paul ^b   Bignell, David E ^c   Forzi, Francis ^d   Fowler, David ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d c/o Mr Ndi Johnson   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

CH4 emission; CH4 oxidation; Disturbance; Soil; Termites; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; FOREST; METHANE; OXIDATION; SOIL; TERMITE;

CAMEROON, MBALMAYO;

EID: 0031926627     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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