CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes from soil of a burned grassland in Central Africa

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3459-3471

  Castaldi, S ^a,e   De Grandcourt, A ^b,f   Rasile, A ^a   Skiba, U ^c   Valentini, R ^d,e  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^e CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^f Centre de Recherche sur la Durabilite et la Productivite des Plantations Industrielles   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; MAGNITUDE; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

EID: 78349232808     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-3459-2010     Document Type: Article

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