Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from soils of the Orinoco savanna under different land uses

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1947-1960

  Castaldi, Simona ^a   De Pascale, Raffaele Ariangelo ^a   Grace, John ^b   Nikonova, Nina ^c   Montes, Ruben ^d   San José, José ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Ilanos; Land use change; Seasonally dry; Trace gases; Tropical soil

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CHANGE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SAVANNA; SOIL EMISSION;

ORINOCO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ILANOS;

EID: 10244260423     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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