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Peatlands

  • Finlayson C
  • Milton G
Springer Netherlands, (2016), 1-18
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_202-1
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Peatlands are ecosystems that are characterized by the accumulation of organic matter that is derived from decaying plant material under permanent water saturation. They have been defined to include areas of land with a naturally accumulated layer of peat, formed...

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Finlayson, C. M., & Milton, G. R. (2016). Peatlands. In The Wetland Book (pp. 1–18). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_202-1

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