Aquatic herbivores facilitate the emission of methane from wetlands

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1166-1173

  Dingemans, Bas J J ^a,b   Barker, Elisabeth S ^a   Bodelier, Paul L E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Graylag Goose (Anser anser); Herbivory; Methane; Methane oxidation; Methanogenesis; Phragmites australis; Shallow lakes; The Netherlands; Waterfowl; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITATION; GAS TRANSPORT; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHALLOW WATER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

NETHERLANDS;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER ANSER; AVES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 79955891730     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1297.1     Document Type: Article

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