Title: Graminoids vary in functional traits, carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a restored peatland: implications for modeling carbon storage
Citation: Goud, E., Touchette, S., Strachan, I., & Strack, M. (2022). Graminoids vary in functional traits, carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a restored peatland: implications for modeling carbon storage [Data set]. Dryad. http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.6m905qg2b
Study Site: Central Alberta
Purpose: One metric of peatland restoration success is the re-establishment of a carbon sink, yet considerable uncertainty remains around the timescale of carbon sink trajectories. Conditions post-restoration may promote the establishment of vascular plants such as graminoids, often at greater density than would be found in undisturbed peatlands, with consequences for carbon storage. Although graminoid species are often considered as a single plant functional type (PFT) in land-atmosphere models, our understanding of functional variation among graminoid species is limited, particularly in a restoration context.
We used a traits-based approach to evaluate graminoid functional variation and to assess whether different graminoid species should be considered a single PFT or multiple types. We tested hypotheses that greenhouse gas fluxes (CO2, CH4) would vary due to differences in plant traits among five graminoid species in a restored peatland in central Alberta, Canada.
Abstract: CH4, CO2, biomass, plant height, and leaf N and isotopes among five graminoid species,
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Further Info: Goud, Ellie M.; Touchette, Sabrina; Strachan, Ian B.; Strack, Maria (2021), Graminoids vary in functional traits, carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a restored peatland: implications for modeling carbon storage, [], Posted-content, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.27.445980
Status: Complete
Keywords:
reclamation/restoration,
methane,
vegetation,
biomass,
carbon dioxide,
Plant traits,
Bog,
Ecophysiology,
Geographical coordinates: North: 53.457222, South: 53.457222 East: -114.884444 West: -114.884444
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2016-05-01, End
Date: 2016-09-30
