Climate change disequilibrium of boreal permafrost peatlands caused by local processes

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-222

  Camill, Philip ^a   Clark, James S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carbon; Climate change; Models; Peatland; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM;

EID: 0031955952     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286112     Document Type: Article

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