From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach

Of all terrestrial ecosystems, peatlands store carbon most effectively in long-term scales of millennia. However, many peatlands have been drained for peat extraction or agricultural use. This converts peatlands from sinks to sources of carbon, causing approx. 5% of the anthropogenic greenhouse effe...

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Main Authors: Gerald Jurasinski, Sate Ahmad, Alba Anadon-Rosell, Jacqueline Berendt, Florian Beyer, Ralf Bill, Gesche Blume-Werry, John Couwenberg, Anke Günther, Hans Joosten, Franziska Koebsch, Daniel Köhn, Nils Koldrack, Jürgen Kreyling, Peter Leinweber, Bernd Lennartz, Haojie Liu, Dierk Michaelis, Almut Mrotzek, Wakene Negassa, Sandra Schenk, Franziska Schmacka, Sarah Schwieger, Marko Smiljanić, Franziska Tanneberger, Laurenz Teuber, Tim Urich, Haitao Wang, Micha Weil, Martin Wilmking, Dominik Zak, Nicole Wrage-Mönnig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Soil Systems
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/4/1/14