Major carbon losses from degradation of Mauritia flexuosa peat swamp forests in western Amazonia

K Hergoualc'h, J van Lent, N Dezzeo, LV Verchot… - Biogeochemistry, 2024 - Springer
Tropical peat swamp forests are major global carbon (C) stores highly vulnerable to human
intervention. In Peruvian Amazonia, palm swamps, the prevalent peat ecosystem, have been …

Degradation-driven changes in fine root carbon stocks, productivity, mortality, and decomposition rates in a palm swamp peat forest of the Peruvian Amazon

N Dezzeo, J Grandez-Rios, C Martius… - Carbon Balance and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Amazon palm swamp peatlands are major carbon (C) sinks and reservoirs. In
Peru, this ecosystem is widely threatened owing to the recurrent practice of cutting Mauritia …

Spatial and temporal variability of soil N2O and CH4 fluxes along a degradation gradient in a palm swamp peat forest in the Peruvian Amazon

K Hergoualc'h, N Dezzeo, LV Verchot… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mauritia flexuosa palm swamp, the prevailing Peruvian Amazon peatland ecosystem, is
extensively threatened by degradation. The unsustainable practice of cutting whole palms …

Impacts of Mauritia flexuosa degradation on the carbon stocks of freshwater peatlands in the Pastaza-Marañón river basin of the Peruvian Amazon

RK Bhomia, J van Lent, JMG Rios… - … Adaptation Strategies for …, 2019 - Springer
Tropical peat swamp forests (PSF) are characterized by high quantities of carbon (C) stored
as organic soil deposits due to waterlogged conditions which slows down decomposition …

Spatial distribution of degradation and deforestation of palm swamp peatlands and associated carbon emissions in the Peruvian Amazon

MS Marcus, K Hergoualc'h, ENH Coronado… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The vast peat deposits in the Peruvian Amazon are crucial to the global climate. Palm
swamp, the most extensive regional peatland ecosystem faces different threats, including …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing degradation of palm swamp peatlands from space and on the ground: an exploratory study in the Peruvian Amazon

K Hergoualc'h, VH Gutiérrez-Vélez, M Menton… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Peru has the fourth largest area of peatlands in the Tropics. Its most representative land
cover on peat is a Mauritia flexuosa dominated palm swamp (thereafter called dense PS) …

Tropical peatlands and their contribution to the global carbon cycle and climate change

K Ribeiro, FS Pacheco, JW Ferreira… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands are carbon‐rich ecosystems that cover 185–423 million hectares (Mha) of the
earth's surface. The majority of the world's peatlands are in temperate and boreal zones …

Potential shift from a carbon sink to a source in Amazonian peatlands under a changing climate

S Wang, Q Zhuang, O Lähteenoja… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Amazonian peatlands store a large amount of soil organic carbon (SOC), and its fate under
a future changing climate is unknown. Here, we use a process-based peatland …

Anthropogenic impacts on lowland tropical peatland biogeochemistry

S Page, S Mishra, F Agus, G Anshari… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Tropical peatlands store around one-sixth of the global peatland carbon pool (105
gigatonnes), equivalent to 30% of the carbon held in rainforest vegetation. Deforestation …

Carbon stocks, emissions, and aboveground productivity in restored secondary tropical peat swamp forests

MF Saragi-Sasmito, D Murdiyarso, T June… - … Adaptation Strategies for …, 2019 - Springer
Tropical wetlands such as peat swamp forests (PSFs) have been known globally as one of
the carbon (C)-rich ecosystems. However, there is still a lack of understanding on the C …