Fighting carbon loss of degraded peatlands by jump-starting ecosystem functioning with ecological restoration

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 537, Issue , 2015, Pages 268-276

  Kareksela, Santtu ^a   Haapalehto, Tuomas ^a,c   Juutinen, Riikka ^a,d   Matilainen, Rose ^a   Tahvanainen, Teemu ^b   Kotiaho, Janne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Parks and Wildlife Finland   (Finland)

^d Parks and Wildlife Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem recovery; Ecosystem structure function relationship; Peat; Plant community composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FORESTRY; PEAT; RECOVERY; RESTORATION; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); WETLANDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM RECOVERIES; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINLAND; PROCEDURES; WETLAND;

FINLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FINLAND; WETLANDS;

EID: 84941270859     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.094     Document Type: Article

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