A database and synthesis of northern peatland soil properties and Holocene carbon and nitrogen accumulation

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1028-1042

  Loisel, Julie ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^a   Beilman, David W ^b   Camill, Philip ^c   Alm, Jukka ^d   Amesbury, Matthew J ^e   Anderson, David ^f   Andersson, Sofia ^g   Bochicchio, Christopher ^a   Barber, Keith ^h   Belyea, Lisa R ⁱ   Bunbury, Joan ^j   Chambers, Frank M ^k   Charman, Daniel J ^e   De Vleeschouwer, François ^l   Fiałkiewicz Kozieł, Barbara ^m   Finkelstein, Sarah A ⁿ   Gałka, Mariusz ^m   Garneau, Michelle ^o   Hammarlund, Dan ^p   Hinchcliffe, William ^e   Holmquist, James ^q   Hughes, Paul ^h   Jones, Miriam C ^r   Klein, Eric S ^a   Kokfelt, Ulla ^s   Korhola, Atte ^t   Kuhry, Peter ^g   Lamarre, Alexandre ^o   Lamentowicz, Mariusz ^m   Large, David ^u   Lavoie, Martin ^v   MacDonald, Glen ^q   Magnan, Gabriel ^o   Mäkilä, Markku ^w   Mallon, Gunnar ^h   Mathijssen, Paul ^t   Mauquoy, Dmitri ^x   McCarroll, Julia ^k   Moore, Tim R ^y   Nichols, Jonathan ^z   O’Reilly, Benjamin ⁿ   Oksanen, Pirita ^aa   Packalen, Maara ⁿ   Peteet, Dorothy ^z   Richard, Pierre JH ^ab   Robinson, Stephen ^ac   Ronkainen, Tiina ^t   Rundgren, Mats ^p   Sannel, A Britta K ^g   Tarnocai, Charles ^ad   Thom, Tim ^ae   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^d   Turetsky, Merritt ^af   Väliranta, Minna ^t   van der Linden, Marjolein ^ag   van Geel, Bas ^ah   van Bellen, Simon ^w   Vitt, Dale ^ai   Zhao, Yan ^aj   Zhou, Weijian ^aj   more..

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f Eton College   (United Kingdom)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^m ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^p LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^t UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^w GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^y MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^z Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^aa Centre for Economic Development Transport and the Environment   (Finland)

^ab UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^ac Champlain College Dublin Campus   (Ireland)

^ad AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^ae YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^ag BIAX CONSULT   (Netherlands)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ai School of Dental Medicine   (India)

^aj INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

more..

Author keywords

biogeochemical cycles; climate change; data synthesis; long term ecosystem dynamics; northern peatlands; soil carbon and nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HOLOCENE; NITROGEN; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 84907145200     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614538073     Document Type: Article

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