Responses of carbon dioxide flux and plant biomass to water table drawdown in a treed peatland in Northern Alberta: A climate change perspective

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 807-820

  Munir, T M ^a   Xu, B ^a,b   Perkins, M ^a   Strack, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

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EID: 84894116822     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-807-2014     Document Type: Article

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