Did fires drive Holocene carbon sequestration in boreal ombrotrophic peatlands of eastern Canada?

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: van Bellen, Simon, Garneau, Michelle, Ali, Adam A., Bergeron, Yves
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: peat; Quebec; charcoal analysis; Neoglacial; bog; accumulation; CharAnalysis; threshold; Canada; Eastmain
• Online Access: http://archipel.uqam.ca/11848/1/van_bellen_et_al_2012_qr.pdf

Wildfire is an important factor on carbon sequestration in the North American boreal biomes. Being globally important stocks of organic carbon, peatlands may be less sensitive to burning in comparison with upland forests, especially wet unforested ombrotrophic ecosystems as found in northeastern Can...