Fluxes of CO2 and CH4 in soil profiles of a mountainous watershed of Nepal as influenced by land use, temperature, moisture and substrate addition

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-164

  Shrestha, B M ^a   Sitaula, B K ^a   Singh, B R ^a   Bajracharya, R M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

CH4 consumption; CO2 emission; Land use; Moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAND USE; METHANE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1842525111     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FRES.0000019044.52811.11     Document Type: Article

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