Termite mounds as hot spots of nitrous oxide emissions in South-Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso (West Africa)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Brümmer, Christian ^b   Papen, Hans ^a   Wassmann, Reiner ^a   Brüggemann, Nicolas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; DRY SEASONS; EMISSION RATES; HOT SPOT; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RAINY SEASONS; TERMITE SPECIES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; WEST AFRICA;

ANESTHETICS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

BUDGET CONTROL;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; NITROUS OXIDE; POPULATION DENSITY; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL EMISSION; TERMITE;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CUBITERMES FUNGIFABER; ISOPTERA; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 68249141396     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037351     Document Type: Article

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