Role of megafauna and frozen soil in the atmospheric ch4 dynamics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Zimov, Sergey ^a   Zimov, Nikita ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; METHANE; SOIL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FROZEN SOIL; HERBIVORE; LAND BIOME; MAMMOTH; PERMAFROST; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL FAUNA; STEPPE; UPPER PLEISTOCENE; WETLAND; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; FREEZING; ICE COVER;

ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEUTERIUM; FREEZING; ICE COVER; METHANE; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84898857984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093331     Document Type: Article

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