Grazing in Arctic peatlands - an unknown agent in the global carbon budget
(2015) In Environmental Research Letters 10(5).- Abstract
Previous studies have offered strong evidence that grazers alter the vegetation composition and ecosystem carbon (C) balance in ecosystems. In Arctic peatlands, however, the role of grazing has remained largely uninvestigated. Falk et al (2015 Environ. Res. Lett. 10 045001) showed that grazing by muskoxen in a high Arctic mire significantly affected both the vegetation and release of greenhouse gases. This finding highlights the potential of grazers to alter ecosystem processes in Arctic peatlands and, thus, to act as a major player in the global C budget.
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- author
- Stark, Sari and Ylänne, Henni LU
- publishing date
- 2015-05-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Carbon dioxide, Global C cycling, Grazing, Methane
- in
- Environmental Research Letters
- volume
- 10
- issue
- 5
- article number
- 051002
- pages
- 3 pages
- publisher
- IOP Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84930226014
- ISSN
- 1748-9318
- DOI
- 10.1088/1748-9326/10/5/051002
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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