High sensitivity of peat decomposition to climate change through water-table feedback

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 763-766

  Ise, Takeshi ^a   Dunn, Allison L ^b   Wofsy, Steven C ^c   Moorcroft, Paul R ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65349192843     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo331     Document Type: Article

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