Restored cut-away peatland as a sink for atmospheric CO2

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 563-574

  Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^a   Komulainen, Veli Matti ^a   Vasander, Harri ^a   Laine, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

CO2 exchange; Cut away peatland; Eriophorum vaginatum; Restoration; Water level

Indexed keywords

CARBON SINK; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM;

EID: 0032879570     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050891     Document Type: Article

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