Carbon accumulation of tropical peatlands over millennia: A modeling approach

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 431-444

  Kurnianto, Sofyan ^a,b   Warren, Matthew ^c   Talbot, Julie ^a,d   Kauffman, Boone ^e   Murdiyarso, Daniel ^b,f   Frolking, Steve ^a  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Holocene; Land use change; Oil palm; Peat carbon stocks; Peat swamp forests

Indexed keywords

ELAEIS;

CARBON; GROUND WATER; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84917671112     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12672     Document Type: Article

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