Methane, microbes and models: Fundamental understanding of the soil methane cycle for future predictions

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2395-2417

  Nazaries, Loïc ^a   Murrell, J Colin ^b   Millard, Pete ^c   Baggs, Liz ^d   Singh, Brajesh K ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84883548008     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12149     Document Type: Review

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