Response of peatland development and carbon cycling to climate change: A dynamic system modeling approach

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-151

  Wu, Jianghua ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Carbon sinks; Carbon sources; Climate change; Peatland development; Peatland ecosystem; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SINKS; CARBON SOURCES; PEATLAND; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; WETLANDS; WETTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEATLAND; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84855258888     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1073-1     Document Type: Article

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