Atmospheric methane removal by boreal plants

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Sundqvist, Elin ^a   Crill, Patrick ^b   Mlder, Meelis ^a   Vestin, Patrik ^a   Lindroth, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; AUCUPARIA; BETULA PUBESCENS; FOREST SITES; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIA; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

METHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST HEALTH; METHANE; NATURAL RESOURCE; OXIDATION; PLANT; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

SWEDEN;

BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 84868623114     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053592     Document Type: Article

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