Connecting methane fluxes to vegetation cover and water table fluctuations at microsite level: A modeling study

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kettunen, Anu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Danisco Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Methane fluxes from boreal peatlands; Microsites; Photosynthetic cycle; Process based models; Vegetation cover; Water table

Indexed keywords

METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; PEATLAND; SOIL EMISSION; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0041912320     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001958     Document Type: Article

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