Flooding of an abandoned fen by beaver led to highly variable greenhouse gas emissions

Rewetting by beaver is reported from many European peatlands and especially from Belarus, which harbours vast abandoned peat extraction sites and a large beaver population. We studied how vegetation and exchange rates of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) changed after beave...

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Main Authors: M. Minke, A. Freibauer, T. Yarmashuk, A. Burlo, H. Harbachova, A. Schneider, V. Tikhonov, J. Augustin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society 2020-08-01
Series:Mires and Peat
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Online Access:http://mires-and-peat.net/media/map26/map_26_23.pdf