Determinants influencing seasonal variations of methane emissions from alpine wetlands in Zoige Plateau and their implications

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Huai ^a,b   Yao, Shouping ^a   Wu, Ning ^a   Wang, Yanfen ^c   Luo, Peng ^a   Tian, Jianqing ^c   Gao, Yongheng ^a   Sun, Geng ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; METHANE; WETLANDS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; METHANE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; ZOIGE BASIN;

CAREX; ELEOCHARIS VALLECULOSA;

EID: 50049117189     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008072     Document Type: Article

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