Methane flux from northern wetlands and tundra

T. R. Christensen; I. C. Prentice; J. Kaplan; A. Haxeltine; S. Sitch

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v48i5.15938

Methane flux from northern wetlands and tundra

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 48 (1996): Issue 5

By: T. R. Christensen, I. C. Prentice, J. Kaplan, A. Haxeltine and S. Sitch

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