Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications – a synthesis
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1 Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands 2 Limnological Research Station and Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany 3 Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 3023, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 4 School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Wales, LL57 2UW, UK 5 School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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