Grazing removal decreases the magnitude of methane and the variability of nitrous oxide emissions from spring-fed wetlands of a California oak savanna

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-404

  Oates, Lawrence G ^a,b   Jackson, Randall D ^b   Allen Diaz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas; Oak woodland; Rangeland management; Riparian; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RANGELAND; SAVANNA; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449087195     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-007-9076-0     Document Type: Article

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