Uncertainty in predicting the effect of climatic change on the carbon cycling of Canadian peatlands

Climatic Change

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-245

  Moore, T R ^a   Roulet, N T ^a   Waddington, J M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Climatic change; Dissolved organic carbon; Methane; Peatlands

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PEATLAND;

CANADA;

EID: 0031688664     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005408719297     Document Type: Article

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