Effects of increasing precipitation and nitrogen deposition on CH4 and N2O fluxes and ecosystem respiration in a degraded steppe in Inner Mongolia, China

Geoderma

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 335-340

  Chen, Weiwei ^a,b   Zheng, Xunhua ^a   Chen, Qing ^c   Wolf, Benjamin ^b   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^b   Brüggemann, Nicolas ^d   Lin, Shan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Global warming potential; Grassland; Grazing; greenhouse gas; Inner mongolia

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); INNER MONGOLIA; NITROGEN DEPOSITION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DEGRADATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OVERGRAZING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STEPPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84869099786     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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