Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2305-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2305-2016
Research article
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21 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 21 Apr 2016

Forests on drained agricultural peatland are potentially large sources of greenhouse gases – insights from a full rotation period simulation

Hongxing He, Per-Erik Jansson, Magnus Svensson, Jesper Björklund, Lasse Tarvainen, Leif Klemedtsson, and Åsa Kasimir

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We simulate CO2 and N2O dynamics over a full forest rotation on drained agricultural peatland, using CoupModel. Data used for validation include tree ring-derived biomass data (1966–2011) and measured abiotic and soil emission data (2006–2011). The results show that the C fixed in forest biomass is slightly larger than the soil losses over the full rotation period. However when including N2O and indirect emissions from forest thinning products, the forest system switches to a large GHG source.
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