The role of fire in the carbon dynamics of a mire, eastern Finland

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-462

  Pitkänen, Aki ^a   Turunen, Jukka ^a   Tolonen, Kimmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon accumulation; Carbon balance; Charcoal; Climatic change; Finland; Holocene; Mires; Peatland fires; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; FIRE HISTORY; MIRE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PALYNOLOGY;

(EAST); FINLAND;

EID: 18744422715     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399674919303     Document Type: Article

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