Carbon exchange in the restiad peatlands of New Zealand

Authors:
Joshua Ratcliffe, David Campbell

Book:
Responsible Management of Peatlands

Venue:
Aberdeen

Keywords:
carbon-exchange, fluxes, vegetation

Documentfile:
abd17pdf.ratcliffe.pdf

Summary:

The restiad peatlands of New Zealand exist outside of the usual climatic niche occupied by temperate bogs. The main peat former Empodisma robustum (family Restionaceae) is unusual in having both xeromorphic and hydromorphic adaptions. The combination of these traits…