Peatlands and global change: response and resilience

SE Page, AJ Baird - Annual review of environment and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Peatlands are wetland ecosystems that accumulate dead organic matter (ie, peat) when
plant litter production outpaces peat decay, usually under conditions of frequent or …

Insights and issues with estimating northern peatland carbon stocks and fluxes since the Last Glacial Maximum

J Loisel, S van Bellen, L Pelletier, J Talbot… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this review paper, we identify and address key uncertainties related to four local and
global controls of Holocene northern peatland carbon stocks and fluxes. First, we provide up …

Hydrological feedbacks in northern peatlands

JM Waddington, PJ Morris, N Kettridge… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Northern peatlands provide important global and regional ecosystem services (carbon
storage, water storage, and biodiversity). However, these ecosystems face increases in the …

Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin

Y Garcin, E Schefuß, GC Dargie, D Hawthorne… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The forested swamps of the central Congo Basin store approximately 30 billion metric
tonnes of carbon in peat,. Little is known about the vulnerability of these carbon stocks. Here …

Widespread recent ecosystem state shifts in high‐latitude peatlands of northeastern Canada and implications for carbon sequestration

G Magnan, NK Sanderson, S Piilo, S Pratte… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Northern peatlands are a major component of the global carbon (C) cycle. Widespread
climate‐driven ecohydrological changes in these ecosystems can have major …

Recent Lateral Expansion of Sphagnum Bogs Over Central Fen Areas of Boreal Aapa Mire Complexes

L Granlund, V Vesakoski, A Sallinen, THM Kolari… - Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
We investigated recent changes in spatial patterning of fen and bog zones in five boreal
aapa mire complexes (mixed peatlands with patterned fen and bog parts) in a multiproxy …

Rapid climate change did not cause population collapse at the end of the European Bronze Age

I Armit, GT Swindles, K Becker… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The impact of rapid climate change on contemporary human populations is of global
concern. To contextualize our understanding of human responses to rapid climate change it …

Was there a '4.2 ka event'in Great Britain and Ireland? Evidence from the peatland record

TP Roland, CJ Caseldine, DJ Charman… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological data from several regions around the world show
evidence of a multi-centennial climatic event occurring approximately 4200 cal yr BP (4.2 …

Reconstructing climate change and ombrotrophic bog development during the last 4000 years in northern Poland using biotic proxies, stable isotopes and trait-based …

M Lamentowicz, M Gałka, M Obremska, N Kühl… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a record spanning the last 4000 years from a Baltic bog (Kusowskie
Bagno) in northern Poland. Using numerous biotic and abiotic proxies, such as testate …

[HTML][HTML] The principal threats to the peatlands habitats, in the continental bioregion of Central Europe–A case study of peatland conservation in Poland

M Grzybowski, K Glińska-Lewczuk - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper discusses resources of peatland habitat of high nature conservation importance
as defined by the European Community, specifically in Poland, as a case study. The study …