Isotopic variability of N2O emissions from tropical forest soils

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 525-535

  Perez T ^a   Trumbore, S E ^a   Tyler, S C ^a   Davidson, E A ^b   Keller, M ^c   De Camargo, P B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; COSTA RICA; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FOREST; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN 15; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN 18; SOIL;

FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL EMISSION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; COSTA RICA;

EID: 0033758587     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB001181     Document Type: Article

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