Post-fire soil fluxes of CO 2, CH 4 and N 2O along the Colorado Front Range

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 838-846

  Gathany, Mark A ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

ponderosa pine; trace gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055068999     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09135     Document Type: Article

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