Authors:
Ariane Blier-Langdeau* and Line Rochefort
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
bog-revegetation-trajectory, spaghnum
Documentfile:
ipc16p439-443a376blier.rochefort.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Sphagnum-dominated peatland restoration aims for the return of a functioning carbon accumulating system. One aspect of the carbon dynamics in natural bogs is the passage of fires. Natural bogs are most of the time resilient to fire. The rare current assessments of the return of C sequestration function of restored peatlands show positive organic matter accumulation, it is a different story for restored bog resilience to fire. Indeed, bog restoration requires time and financial resources and a fire post-restoration might be undesirable. Accidently, a fire that occurred in a restored bog in eastern Canada proved to be an opportunity to test the resilience of the restored ecosystem. Two objectives will be presented in this presentation: 1) to determine if the aboveground biomass…