The response of soil organic carbon of a rich fen peatland in interior Alaska to projected climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 604-620

  Fan, Zhaosheng ^a   David Mcguire, Anthony ^a   Turetsky, Merritt R ^b   Harden, Jennifer W ^c   Michael Waddington, James ^d   Kane, Evan S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal; Carbon; Climate change; Fen; Methane; Model; Peatland; Soil CO2 flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEN; METHANE; MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WARMING;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALASKA; CALIBRATION; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871929736     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12041     Document Type: Article

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