Moisture controls on trace gas fluxes in semiarid riparian soils

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 367-377

  McLain, Jean E T ^a   Martens, Dean A ^b  

^a U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGES; GAS FLUX; SEMIARID REGIONS; TRACE GASES;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; METHANE; MOISTURE CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TRACE GAS;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 33645060470     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0105     Document Type: Article

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