Seasonal and diurnal net methane emissions from organic soils of the Eastern Alps, Austria: Effects of soil temperature, water balance, and plant biomass

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 438-448

  Koch, Oliver ^a   Tscherko, Dagmar ^a   Kandeler, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; FEN; GROUNDWATER; MEADOW; METHANE; ORGANIC SOIL; PHYTOMASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER TABLE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36049013771     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-020)[KOCH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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