Postfire carbon balance in boreal bogs of Alberta, Canada

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-81

  Wieder, R Kelman ^a   Scott, Kimberli D ^a   Kamminga, Katherine ^a   Vile, Melanie A ^a   Vitt, Dale H ^b   Bone, Tiffany ^b   Xu, Bin ^b   Benscoter, Brian W ^b   Bhatti, Jagtar S ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Bog; Boreal; Canada; Carbon cycling; Climate change; Fire; Peatland; Roots; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BOG; BOREAL; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; PEATLAND; ROOT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 58149484406     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01756.x     Document Type: Article

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