Indications of nitrogen-limited methane uptake in tropical forest soils

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5367-5379

  Veldkamp, E ^a   Koehler, B ^b   Corre, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ANDOSOL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY SOIL; FOREST SOIL; METHANE; NITROGEN; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84881536017     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5367-2013     Document Type: Article

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