Recent paludification rates and effects on total ecosystem carbon storage in two boreal peatlands of Northeast European Russia

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1126-1136

  Pluchon, Nathalie ^a,b   Hugelius, Gustaf ^a   Kuusinen, Nea ^c   Kuhry, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

boreal forest; carbon storage; ecotone; expansion rate; late Holocene; paludification; peatland; peatland margins

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; PALUDIFICATION; PARTITIONING; PEATLAND; PHYTOMASS; RADIOCARBON DATING; TERRAIN;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84907155455     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614523803     Document Type: Article

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