Nonlinear dynamics of peatlands and potential feedbacks on the climate system

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 2009, Pages 5-18

  Belyea, Lisa R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84899700543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000829     Document Type: Article

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