Title: Fuel loads and peat smouldering carbon loss increase following drainage in a forested boreal peatland
Citation: Verkaik, G., Eckert, M., Wilkinson, S., Moore, P.& Waddington, J. M. (2025). Fuel loads and peat smouldering carbon loss increase following drainage in a forested boreal peatland - Dataset [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15644161
Study Site: Tomahawk, Alberta
Purpose: We aimed to assess how peatland drainage altered the spatiotemporal variability in forest cover, aboveground biomass, and tree productivity and how these changes related to the spatial variability in peat burn severity. We studied a black spruce and birch dominated boreal peatland in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada, which was drained in 1987 and burned in 2021.
Abstract: Field surveys and a LiDAR-based analysis were conducted to measure the spatial variability in peat burn severity.
Supplemental Information Summary:
Research: Boreal Water Futures
Further Info: erkaik et al. (2025). Fuel loads and peat smoldering carbon loss increase following drainage in a forested boreal peatland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130, e2024JG008674: doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008674
Status: Complete
Keywords:
soil carbon,
effects of disturbance,
drainage,
Wildfire,
Extraction,
Geographical coordinates: North: 53.38, South: 53.38 East: -114.82 West: -114.82
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 1949-01-01, End
Date: 2011-12-31
