The effects of temperature and nitrogen and sulfur additions on carbon accumulation in a nutrient-poor boreal mire: Decadal effects assessed using 210Pb peat chronologies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 392-403

  Olid, Carolina ^a   Nilsson, Mats B ^b   Eriksson, Tobias ^b   Klaminder, Jonatan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carbon; climate change; mire; nitrogen; temperature

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; LEAD ISOTOPE; MIRE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PEATLAND; SULFUR CYCLE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84898887709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002365     Document Type: Article

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