Soil warming in a northern hardwood forest: Trace gas fluxes and leaf litter decomposition

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1365-1372

  McHale, Patrick J ^a   Mitchell, Myron J ^a   Bowles, Francis P ^a   Bowles, P P ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Research Designs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; METHANE; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

ACER SACCHARUM MARSH; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA EHRH; GAS FLUXES; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WARMING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TRACE GAS;

ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 0032172626     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-118     Document Type: Article

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