Soil methane oxidation and land-use change - from process to mitigation

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 260-272

  Tate, Kevin R ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Methanotroph communities; Processes; Soil methane fluxes

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANOTROPHS;

PROCESSING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; RICE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL GAS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84909957718     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.10.010     Document Type: Review

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