Hurricane-induced nitrous oxide fluxes from a wet tropical forest

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1155-1162

  Erickson, Heather E ^a   Ayala, Gaddiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance ecology; Greenhouse gas; Hurricane damage; Nitrogen cycling; Puerto Rico; Soil fluxes; Soil nitrate; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; NITROUS OXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 3242724743     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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