Methane release from millipedes and other soil invertebrates in Central Europe

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1684-1688

  Šustr, Vladimír ^a   Šimek, Miloslav ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diplopoda; Invertebrates; Methane production; Methanogenic microorganisms; Temperature relationship

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; EXPONENTIAL CURVES; INVERTEBRATES; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; SOIL INVERTEBRATES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

MICROORGANISMS; SOILS;

METHANE;

ARTHROPOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACARI; BLATTARIA; CHILOPODA; COLLEMBOLA; CYLINDROIULUS; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; GLOMERIDA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; JULIDA; JULUS SCANDINAVIUS; MEGAPHYLLUM; MEGAPHYLLUM UNILINEATUM; ORIBATIDA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; POLYDESMIDA; POLYDESMIDAE; POLYDESMUS COMPLANATUS; PRORHINOTERMES SIMPLEX;

EID: 67650045493     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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