Nitrous oxide fluxes from savanna (miombo) woodlands in Zimbabwe

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 424-437

  Rees, Robert M ^a,c,e   Wuta, Menas ^b,e,f   Furley, Peter A ^c   Li, Changsheng ^d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e EU Project   (Germany)

^f Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Denitrification decomposition model; Miombo; Nitrous oxide; Nutrient cycling; Soils; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE; LAND USE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SAVANNA; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

BRACHYSTEGIA SPICIFORMIS; JULBERNARDIA GLOBIFLORA;

EID: 33645115493     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01423.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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