Global-scale pattern of peatland Sphagnum growth driven by photosynthetically active radiation and growing season length

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2737-2746

  Loisel, J ^a   Gallego Sala, A V ^b,c,d   Yu, Z ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DATA SET; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; META-ANALYSIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOSS; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM;

EID: 84864587774     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-2737-2012     Document Type: Article

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