Large Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Temperate Peatland Pasture

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-325

  Teh, Yit Arn ^a,b   Silver, Whendee L ^b   Sonnentag, Oliver ^b   Detto, Matteo ^b   Kelly, Maggi ^b   Baldocchi, Dennis D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural conversion; carbon dioxide; drained temperate peatland; global warming potential; management; methane; nitrous oxide; Sacramento San Joaquin Delta

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOT SPOT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTURE; PEATLAND; RANGELAND; SOIL MOISTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952442051     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9411-4     Document Type: Article

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