Increasing soil methane sink along a 120-year afforestation chronosequence is driven by soil moisture

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3664-3671

  Hiltbrunner, David ^a,b   Zimmermann, Stephan ^a   Karbin, Saeed ^b   Hagedorn, Frank ^a   Niklaus, Pascal A ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Alpine regions; Chronosequence; Fertilization; Methane oxidation; Nitrous oxide; Norway spruce; Soil moisture regime

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHRONOSEQUENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LABORATORY METHOD; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84868192837     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02798.x     Document Type: Article

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