A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2183-2197

  Turetsky, Merritt R ^a   Kotowska, Agnieszka ^a   Bubier, Jill ^b   Dise, Nancy B ^c   Crill, Patrick ^d   Hornibrook, Ed R C ^e   Minkkinen, Kari ^f   Moore, Tim R ^g   Myers Smith, Isla H ^h   Nykänen, Hannu ⁱ   Olefeldt, David ^a   Rinne, Janne ^f   Saarnio, Sanna ^j   Shurpali, Narasinha ^j   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^j   Waddington, J Michael ^k   White, Jeffrey R ^l   Wickland, Kimberly P ^m   Wilmking, Martin ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^k MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Bog; Carbon; Disturbance; Fen; Graminoids; Peat; Swamp; Temperature; Vegetation; Water table

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; METHANE; PEATLAND; SOIL EMISSION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SWAMP; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

GROUND WATER; METHANE; SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84901921393     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12580     Document Type: Article

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