The importance of considering animal body mass in IPCC greenhouse inventories and the underappreciated role of wild herbivores

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3880-3888

  Smith, Felisa A ^a   Lyons, S Kathleen ^b   Wagner, Peter J ^b   Elliott, Scott M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Enteric emissions; IPCC Tier 1; IPCC Tier 2; Megaherbivores; Methane; Wild mammals

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; METHANE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

AIR POLLUTANT; METHANE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HERBIVORY; MAMMALS; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84941026067     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12973     Document Type: Article

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