Accumulation rates of carbon in mires in Finland and implications for climate change

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Tolonen, Kimmo ^a   Turunen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal; Canada; Carbon accumulation; carbon balance; Finland; greenhouse warming; Hemiboreal; Holocene; mire fires; peatlands; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

SPHAGNUM;

BOREAL; BOREAL ZONE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE; GREENHOUSE WARMING; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; MIRE; PEATLAND;

FINLAND;

EID: 0029660063     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600204     Document Type: Article

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