Effects of soil moisture content and temperature on methane uptake by grasslands on sandy soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Van Den Pol van Dasselaar, A ^a   Van Beusichem, M L ^a   Oenema, O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grassland; Methane; Sand; Soil moisture content; Soil temperature; Spatial variability; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GRASSLAND; METHANE; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 0032464268     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004371309361     Document Type: Article

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