Transient peat properties in two pond-peatland complexes in the sub-humid Western Boreal Plain, Canada

In the Canadian Western Boreal Plain (WBP), wetlands (ponds and peatlands) comprise up to 50% of the landscape and represent unique habitat where summer precipitation is often outpaced by evapotranspiration and hillslope groundwater position does not follow topography. In this sub-humid location, gr...

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Main Authors: R.M. Petrone, K.J. Devito, U. Silins, C. Mendoza, S.C. Brown, S.C. Kaufman, J.S. Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society 2008-03-01
Series:Mires and Peat
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Online Access:http://www.mires-and-peat.net/map03/map_03_05.pdf