Effects of soil warming, rainfall reduction and water table level on CH4 emissions from the Zoige peatland in China

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-89

  Yang, Gang ^a,b   Chen, Huai ^a,b   Wu, Ning ^a   Tian, Jianqing ^c   Peng, Changhui ^b,d   Zhu, Qiuan ^a,b   Zhu, Dan ^a   He, Yixin ^a   Zheng, Qunying ^e   Zhang, Changbing ^e  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; GHG emission; Mesocosm experiment; Peatlands; Qinghai tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; PEAT; RAIN; SOILS; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GHG EMISSION; MESOCOSMS; PEAT LAND; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE LEVEL; SOIL WARMING;

GREENHOUSE GASES; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWING SEASON; METHANE; RAINFALL; SOIL WATER; WATER TABLE; CARBON SINK; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; MESOCOSM; PEATLAND; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; ZOIGE PLATEAU;

EID: 84905260556     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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