Carbon limitations to nitrous oxide emissions in a humid tropical forest of the Brazilian Amazon

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 267-272

  Garcia Montiel, D C ^a   Melillo, J M ^b   Steudler, P A ^b   Cerri, C C ^c   Piccolo, M C ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest soils; Labile organic carbon; Microbial denitrification; Nitrous oxide emission; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; TROPICAL SOIL;

BRAZIL;

RONDONIA;

EID: 0142123314     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0637-y     Document Type: Review

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