Soil-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in shelterbelts compared with adjacent cropped fields

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 223, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-134

  Amadi, Chukwudi C ^a   Van Rees, Ken C J ^a   Farrell, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Carbon dioxide; Carbon sequestration; Cropped fields; Greenhouse gases; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Shelterbelts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FIELD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; SHELTERBELT; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL EMISSION;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84959559945     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.02.026     Document Type: Article

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