Threshold peat burn severity breaks evaporation‐limiting feedback

• Published in: Ecohydrology
• Main Authors: Wilkinson, Sophie L., Verkaik, Gregory J., Moore, Paul A., Waddington, James M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Fort McMurray
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.2168; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/eco.2168; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/eco.2168

Abstract A suite of autogenic ecohydrological feedbacks and moss traits are important for protecting vast peatland carbon stocks following wildfire disturbance. Here, we examine how peat burn severity and water table depth (WTD) affect the strength of one such feedback—the hydrophobicity–evaporation...