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SUBMITTER: Alexandrov GA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4837369 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alexandrov G A GA Brovkin V A VA Kleinen T T
Scientific reports 20160420
Boreal and subarctic peatlands are an important dynamical component of the earth system. They are sensitive to climate change, and could either continue to serve as a carbon sink or become a carbon source. Climatic thresholds for switching peatlands from sink to source are not well defined, and therefore, incorporating peatlands into Earth system models is a challenging task. Here we introduce a climatic index, warm precipitation excess, to delineate the potential geographic distribution of bore ...[more]