Seasonal variation and fire effects on CH4, N2O and CO2 exchange in savanna soils of northern Australia

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1440-1452

  Livesley, Stephen J ^a,b   Grover, Samantha ^c   Hutley, Lindsay B ^c   Jamali, Hiz ^b   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^d   Fest, Benedikt ^b   Beringer, Jason ^c   Arndt, Stefan K ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Fire; Methane; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Savanna woodland; Soil gas diffusion; Termites

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DIFFUSION; FOREST FIRE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TERMITE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; HOWARD SPRINGS; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EUCALYPTUS; ISOPTERA;

EID: 80052280937     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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