Organic matter accumulation and community change at the peatland-upland interface: Inferences from 14C and 210Pb dated profiles

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 636-653

  Bauer, Ilka E ^a,e   Bhatti, Jagtar S ^a   Swanston, Christopher ^b,f   Wieder, R Kelman ^c   Preston, Caroline M ^d  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; 210Pb; Bryophyte macrofossils; C accumulation; Climate change; Peatland margins

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOSSIL; LEAD ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; SWAMP; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 67649427321     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9248-2     Document Type: Article

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