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Articles | Volume 13, issue 14
Articles | Volume 13, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4151-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4151-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 14
Research article
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21 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 21 Jul 2016

Drivers of atmospheric methane uptake by montane forest soils in the southern Peruvian Andes

Sam P. Jones, Torsten Diem, Lidia P. Huaraca Quispe, Adan J. Cahuana, Dave S. Reay, Patrick Meir, and Yit Arn Teh

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Tropical montane forests represent a significant portion of Andean land cover, however, soil-atmosphere methane exchange in these ecosystems is under studied. Here we report on soil methane cycling in montane forests of the southern Peruvian Andes. These soils acted as a net sink for atmospheric methane and variation in uptake across the studied forests was best explained by nitrate inhibition of oxidation and/or limitations on the inward diffusion of methane from the atmosphere into the soil.
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