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Prompt Rewetting of Drained Peatlands Reduces Climate Warming Despite Methane Emissions
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Peatlands are strategic areas for climate change mitigation because of their matchless carbon stocks. Drained peatlands release this carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2). Peatland...
Tracking Vegetation Transitions Due to Invasion of Cattail (Typha) in Lake Superior Coastal Peatlands
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Invasive cattails ( Typha angustifolia and Typha × glauca) pose a problem for many Laurentian Great Lakes wetlands, especially sedge/grass meadows. In western Lake Superior, early signs of invasion...
Wetland Functioning in Relation to Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration
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Wetland ecosystems are a natural resource of global significance. Historically, their high level of plant and animal (especially bird) diversity is perhaps the major reason why wetland protection has...