Sensitivity of northern peatland carbon dynamics to holocene climate change

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 2009, Pages 55-69

  Yu, Zicheng ^a   Beilman, David W ^b,c   Jones, Miriam C ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 84899679888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000822     Document Type: Article

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