Peatlands and their role in the global carbon cycle

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Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 97-98

  Yu, Zicheng ^a   Beilman, D W ^b   Frolking, S ^c   MacDonald, G M ^d   Roulet, N T ^e   Camill, P ^f   Charman, D J ^g  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE CHANGE; METHANE; PEATLAND;

EID: 79954557711     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011EO120001     Document Type: Article

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