Patterns in vegetation and CO2 dynamics along a water level gradient in a lowland blanket bog

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 890-905

  Laine, Anna ^a   Byrne, Kenneth A ^a   Kiely, Gerard ^a   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Net ecosystem exchange; Peatland; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Spatial variation; Vegetation composition; Water table

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

EID: 35348964289     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9067-2     Document Type: Article

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