Subsidence rates of drained agricultural peatlands in New Zealand and the relationship with time since drainage

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1442-1449

  Pronger, Jack ^a   Schipper, Louis A ^a   Hill, Reece B ^b   Campbell, David I ^a   McLeod, Malcolm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SHRINKAGE; WETLANDS;

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; CARBON ACCOUNTING; LAND-USE PLANNING; NEW ZEALAND; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PEAT LAND; PUMPING COST; SURFACE SUBSIDENCE;

SUBSIDENCE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; NEW ZEALAND; OXIDATION; PEATLAND; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETLAND;

EID: 84904612759     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.12.0505     Document Type: Article

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