Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from mature forest stands in the boreal forest, Saskatchewan, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1073-1083

  Matson, Amanda ^a   Pennock, Dan ^a   Bedard Haughn, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

15N; Boreal forest; Methane; Mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

15N; ATMOSPHERE-SOIL EXCHANGE; BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAL FORESTS; ISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; JACK PINE; MATURE FOREST; MINERALIZATION; N CYCLING; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; PEAT LAND; PRECIPITATION LEVEL; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; SEALED CHAMBERS;

ANESTHETICS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MINERALOGY; MOTOR BOATS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION;

DENITRIFICATION;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; BOREAL FOREST; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 68949140799     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.034     Document Type: Article

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