Ecosystem control over temperature and energy flux in northern peatlands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1345-1358

  Bridgham, Scott D ^a   Pastor, John ^b   Updegraff, Karen ^b   Malterer, Thomas J ^b   Johnson, Kurt ^b   Harth, Cal ^b   Chen, Jiquan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeophysical feedbacks; Bog; Climate change; Evapotranspiration; Fen; Peatlands; Soil temperature; Soil warming; Water table; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PEATLAND; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032700346     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1345:ECOTAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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