Annual carbon balance of a peatland 10 yr following restoration

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2885-2896

  Strack, M ^a   Zuback, Y C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GREENHOUSE GAS; HORTICULTURE; PEATLAND; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REWETTING;

EID: 84877855379     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2885-2013     Document Type: Article

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