Effects of soil water status on the spatial variation of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes in tropical rain-forest soils in Peninsular Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 557-570

  Itoh, Masayuki ^a   Kosugi, Yoshiko ^a   Takanashi, Satoru ^b   Kanemitsu, Shuhei ^a,c   Osaka, Ken'Ichi ^d   Hayashi, Yuki ^a   Tani, Makoto ^a   Nik, Abdul Rahim ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Osaka Forestry Office   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^e FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CH4; CO2; Greenhouse gases; N2O; Pasoh forest reserve; Peninsular Malaysia; Soil water status; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST SOIL; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RAINFOREST; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 84870036408     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000569     Document Type: Article

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