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Articles | Volume 16, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2651-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2651-2019
Research article
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09 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2019

Wildfire overrides hydrological controls on boreal peatland methane emissions

Scott J. Davidson, Christine Van Beest, Richard Petrone, and Maria Strack

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Belyea, L. R. and Clymo, R. S.: Do hollows control the rateof peat bog growth?, in: Patterned mires and mire pools, edited by: Standen, V., Tallis, J. H., and Meade, R., 55–65, British Ecological Society, London, 1998. 
Benscoter, B. W. and Vitt, D. H.: Spatial patterns and temporal trajectories of the bog ground layer along a post-fire chronosequence, Ecosystems, 11, 1054–1064, 2008. 
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Benscoter, B. W., Thompson, D. K., Waddington, J. M., Flannigan, M. D., Wotton, B. M., De Groot, W. J., and Turetsky, M. R.: Interactive effects of vegetation, soil moisture and bulk density on depth of burning of thick organic soils, Int. J. Wildland Fire, 20, 418–429, 2011. 
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Boreal peatlands represent an important store of carbon and wildfire can have a significant...
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