Current disturbance and the diminishing peatland carbon sink

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 21-1-21-4

  Turetsky, Merritt ^a   Wieder, Kelman ^b   Halsey, Linda ^a   Vitt, Dale ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMBUSTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PEAT;

PEATLANDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SINK; FIRE; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 0036624192     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014000     Document Type: Article

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