Complex invader-ecosystem interactions and seasonality mediate the impact of non-native Phragmites on CH4 emissions

Biological Invasions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2635-2647

  Mueller, Peter ^a   Hager, Rachel N ^b,e   Meschter, Justin E ^c,d   Mozdzer, Thomas J ^e   Langley, J Adam ^f   Jensen, Kai ^a   Megonigal, J Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^f VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Methane emissions; Phragmites; Spartina patens; Tidal wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MARSH; MESOCOSM; METHANE; SEASONALITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WETLAND;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 84960103890     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: 15731464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1093-6     Document Type: Article

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