RETRACTED: Contrasting pattern of methanotrophs in dry tropical forest soils: Effect of soil nitrogen, carbon and moisture

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).Reason: it plagiarises an article that has been published in Plant Soil, 196 (1997) 115–121; J.S. Singh, Smita Singh, A.S. Raghubanshi, Saranath Singh, A.K. Kashyap and V.S. Reddy; Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India; Effect of soil nitrogen, carbon and moisture on methane uptake by dry tropical forest soils.Note: Professor J.S. Singh (Jamuna Sharan Singh) of the Banaras Hindu University who was the first author of the paper published in Plant Soil, 196 (1997) 115–121 is not the same author as the J.S. Singh who was one of the authors of this this retracted paper.