Hydrological controls on deep burning in a northern forested peatland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 4114-4124

  Lukenbach, Maxwell Curtis ^a   Hokanson, Kelly Jean ^a,b   Moore, Paul A ^a   Devito, Kevin J ^b   Kettridge, Nicholas ^c   Thompson, Daniel K ^d   Wotton, Brian M ^e   Petrone, Richard Michael ^f   Waddington, James Michael ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^e GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Carbon; Peat; Smouldering; Wetland; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; MOISTURE; PEAT;

BOREAL; CURRENT ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL CONTROLS; SMOULDERING; SUB-HUMID CLIMATE; TOTAL SOIL CARBON; WILDFIRE;

WETLANDS;

CARBON EMISSION; FOREST FIRE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND; WILDFIRE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84939473854     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10440     Document Type: Article

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