Peat properties and water retention in boreal forested peatlands subject to wildfire

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3651-3658

  Thompson, Dan K ^a,b   Waddington, James M ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydrology; peat; sphagnum; wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MICROFORMS; PEAT; REFORESTATION; WETLANDS;

BOREAL PEATLANDS; CARBON RESERVOIRS; CHANGING CLIMATE; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; SPHAGNUM; SURFACE MOISTURES; WILDFIRE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PEAT; PEATLAND; POREWATER; REGENERATION; RESILIENCE; WATER RETENTION; WATER TABLE; WILDFIRE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84879233523     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20278     Document Type: Article

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