Environmental controls of temporal and spatial variability in CO2 and CH4 fluxes in a neotropical peatland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3775-3789

  Wright, Emma L ^a   Black, Colin R ^a   Turner, Benjamin L ^b   Sjögersten, Sofie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Methane; Nutrient gradient; Panama; Peatland; Tropical

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DIURNAL VARIATION; METHANE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUTRIENT; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CAMPNOSPERMA; CYPERUS; RAPHIA TAEDIGERA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT GRADIENT; PANAMA; PEATLAND; SEASON; TROPICAL; WETLAND;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NUTRIENT GRADIENT; PANAMA; PEATLAND; TROPICAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; METHANE; PANAMA; SEASONS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84887455006     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12330     Document Type: Article

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