The effect of termite biomass and anthropogenic disturbance on the CH4 budgets of tropical forests in Cameroon and Borneo

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 869-879

  Macdonald, Jannette A ^a,e   Jeeva, D ^b   Eggleton, P ^c   Davies, R ^c   Bignell, D E ^b   Fowler, D ^a   Lawton, J ^d   Maryati, M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emission; Forest; Methane; Oxidation; Soil; Termites

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GAS EXCHANGE; METHANE; OXIDATION; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BORNEO; CAMEROON;

EID: 0033372686     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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