Termite mound emissions of CH 4 and CO 2 are primarily determined by seasonal changes in termite biomass and behaviour

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 525-534

  Jamali, Hizbullah ^a   Livesley, Stephen J ^b   Dawes, Tracy Z ^c   Hutley, Lindsay B ^d   Arndt, Stefan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Methane; Microcerotermes nervosus; Mounds; Termite biomass

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSIVITY; EMISSION; HABITAT TYPE; METHANE; OXIDATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERMITE; TROPICAL REGION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; DIFFUSION; HUMIDITY; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; HUMIDITY; ISOPTERA; METHANE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES NERVOSUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 80052664438     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1991-3     Document Type: Article

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