Carbon isotope evidence for recent climate-related enhancement of CO 2 assimilation and peat accumulation rates in Antarctica

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3112-3124

  Royles, Jessica ^a,b   Ogée, Jérôme ^c   Wingate, Lisa ^a,c   Hodgson, Dominic A ^b   Convey, Peter ^b   Griffiths, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Carbon 13; Chorisodontium aciphyllum; Discrimination; Maritime Antarctic; Peat bank; Radiocarbon dating; Signy Island

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; MOSS; PALEOCLIMATE; PEAT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANTARCTICA; SIGNY ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS;

BRYOPHYTA; CHORISODONTIUM;

EID: 84865866171     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02750.x     Document Type: Article

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