Carbon balance of a boreal bog during a year with an exceptionally dry summer

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-174

  Alm, Jukka ^a   Schulman, Leif ^b   Walden, Jari ^c   Nykänen, Hannu ^d   Martikainen, Pertti J ^d   Silvola, Jouko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal bog; Carbon balance; Climate change; Finland; Microsite; Sphagnum fuscam bog

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE;

SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; SPHAGNUM BALTICUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM;

EID: 0032896989     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0161:CBOABB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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