Nitrogen compounds emission and deposition in West African ecosystems: Comparison between wet and dry savanna

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 385-402

  Delon, C ^a   Galy Lacaux, C ^a   Adon, M ^a,b   Liousse, C ^a   Serca D ^a   Diop, B ^c   Akpo, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphere   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BAMAKO   (Mali)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS BURNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXCRETION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAVANNA; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL TYPE; VEGETATION TYPE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856007015     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-385-2012     Document Type: Article

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