Production of nitrous oxide and consumption of methane by forest soils | Zendy

Keller M. | Zendy; Goreau T. J. | Zendy; Wofsy S. C. | Zendy; Kaplan W. A. | Zendy; McElroy M. B. | Zendy

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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.

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