Land-use change and biogeochemical controls of methane fluxes in soils of eastern Amazonia

Ecosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-56

  Verchot, Louis V ^a,b,c   Davidson, Eric A ^a,b   Cattânio, J Henrique ^b,d   Ackerman, Ilse L ^a,e  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Brazil; CH4; Deforestation; Methanogenesis; Methanotrophy; Rainforests; Tropical forests; Tropical pastures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034105504     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000009     Document Type: Article

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