Methane flux dynamics in an Irish lowland blanket bog

Plant and Soil

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 181-193

  Laine, Anna ^a   Wilson, David ^b   Kiely, Gerard ^a   Byrne, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Peatland; Spatial variation; Vegetation composition; Water table

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BLANKET BOG; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; PEATLAND; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34948892937     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9374-6     Document Type: Article

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