Fluxes of CO2, CH4, and N2O in an alpine meadow affected by yak excreta on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau during summer grazing periods

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 718-725

  Lin, Xingwu ^a,c,d   Wang, Shiping ^b   Ma, Xiuzhi ^e   Xu, Guangping ^b   Luo, Caiyun ^b   Li, Yingnian ^b   Jiang, Gaoming ^a   Xie, Zubin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Dung and urine patches; Greenhouse gas fluxes; Qinghai Tibetan plateau; Soil temperature; Soil water filled pore space (WFPS)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

ALPINE MEADOW; DUNG AND URINE PATCHES; GREENHOUSE GAS FLUXES; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE (WFPS);

BODY FLUIDS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXCRETION; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEADOW; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PLATEAU; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SUMMER; UNGULATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BOS GRUNNIENS;

EID: 62049084545     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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