Upscaling of peatland-atmosphere fluxes of methane: Small-scale heterogeneity in process rates and the pitfalls of "Bucket-and-Slab" models

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 2009, Pages 37-53

  Baird, A J ^a   Belyea, L R ^b   Morris, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84899684122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000826     Document Type: Article

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