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Production of nitrous oxide and consumption of methane by forest soils
Author(s) -
Keller M.,
Goreau T. J.,
Wofsy S. C.,
Kaplan W. A.,
McElroy M. B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl010i012p01156
Subject(s) - nitrous oxide , methane , soil water , environmental science , atmospheric methane , rainforest , amazonian , deforestation (computer science) , tropical rainforest , tropics , tropical forest , soil science , ecology , amazon rainforest , computer science , biology , programming language
Soils in an Amazonian rainforest are observed to release N 2 O at a rate larger than the global mean by about a factor of 20. Emissions from a New England hardwood forest are approximately 30 times smaller than Brazilian values. Atmospheric methane is consumed by soils in both systems. Tropical forests would provide a major source of atmospheric N 2 O if the Brazilian results are representative.