Beyond "the limits to peat bog growth": Cross-scale feedback in peatland development

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-322

  Belyea, Lisa R ^a,c   Baird, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bog growth; Carbon cycle; Complex systems; Cross scale feedback; Ecosystem development; Hydrology; Peat accumulation; Peatland; Self organization

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PEATLAND;

EID: 33747060753     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 00129615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2006)076[0299:BTLTPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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