Seasonal Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange of a Regenerating Cutaway Bog: How Long Does it Take to Restore the C-Sequestration Function?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 480-489

  Samaritani, Emanuela ^a,b,c   Siegenthaler, Andy ^a,b,c   Yli Petäys, Mika ^d,e   Buttler, Alexandre ^a,b   Christin, Pascal Antoine ^f   Mitchell, Edward A D ^a,b,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cutover bog; Peatland restoration; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Secondary Succession

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LEAF AREA; METHANE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79959785990     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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