Quantifying beetle-mediated effects on gas fluxes from dung pats.

Agriculture is one of the largest contributors of the anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) responsible for global warming. Measurements of gas fluxes from dung pats suggest that dung is a source of GHGs, but whether these emissions are modified by arthropods has not been studied. A closed chamber s...

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Main Authors: Atte Penttilä, Eleanor M Slade, Asko Simojoki, Terhi Riutta, Kari Minkkinen, Tomas Roslin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3737124?pdf=render