Rewetting of cutaway peatlands: Are we re-creating hot spots of methane emissions?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 796-806

  Wilson, David ^a   Alm, Jukka ^b   Laine, Jukka ^b   Byrne, Kenneth A ^c   Farrell, Edward P ^a   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Global warming potential; Grassland; Rewetting; Spatial variation; Water table

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; HOT SPOT; METHANE; PEATLAND; REWETTING; WATER TABLE;

EID: 74749100543     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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