Responses of CO 2 , CH 4 and N 2 O fluxes to livestock exclosure in an alpine steppe on the Tibetan Plateau, China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 45-55

  Wei, Da ^a,c   Ri, Xu ^a   Wang, Yinghong ^b   Wang, Yuesi ^b   Liu, Yongwen ^a,c   Yao, Tandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine steppe; Greenhouse gas flux; Livestock exclosure; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84866509532     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1105-3     Document Type: Article

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