Shallow peat is most vulnerable to high peat burn severity during wildfire

Peatlands typically act as carbon sinks, however, increasing wildfire severity and annual area burned may challenge this carbon sink status. Whilst most peat resistance to wildfire and drought research is based on deep peatlands that rarely lose their water table below the peat profile, shallow peat...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	S L Wilkinson, A M Tekatch, C E Markle, P A Moore, J M Waddington
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Subjects:	peatland wildfire management Sphagnum smouldering ecohydrology rock barrens
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aba7e8