Wildfire overrides hydrological controls on boreal peatland methane emissions

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Davidson, Scott J., Beest, Christine, Petrone, Richard, Strack, Maria
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Canada; Fort McMurray; Horse River
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2651-2019; https://www.biogeosciences.net/16/2651/2019/

Boreal peatlands represent a globally important store of carbon, and disturbances such as wildfire can have a negative feedback to the climate. Understanding how carbon exchange and greenhouse gas (GHG) dynamics are impacted after a wildfire is important, especially as boreal peatlands may be vulner...