A source of methane from upland forests in the Brazilian Amazon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  do Carmo, Janaina Braga ^a   Keller, Michael ^b,c   Dias, Jadson Dezincourt ^a   de Camargo, Plínio Barbosa ^a   Crill, Patrick ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANOPY LAYER BUDGET MODEL; SOIL-ATMOSPHERE FLUXES; UPLAND FORESTS;

METHANE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; METHANE;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645642048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025436     Document Type: Article

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