Will climate change cause the global peatland to expand or contract? Evidence from the habitat shift pattern of Sphagnum mosses

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 28; no. 21; pp. 6419 - 6432
• Main Authors: Ma, Xiao‐Ying, Xu, Hao, Cao, Zi‐Yin, Shu, Lei, Zhu, Rui‐Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2022
• Subjects: Aquatic plants; Biological Sciences; bog; Bogs; Bryophyta; Calcium; Calcium carbonate; Calcium carbonates; Carbon; Carbon cycle; carbon sink; Carbon sinks; Carbon sources; Carbonates; climate; Climate change; climate warming; ecosystems; Environmental impact; Geographical distribution; global carbon budget; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Habitat availability; Habitats; Latitude; MaxEnt; Mosses; Peat; peat moss; Peatlands; risk; Sphagnum; Temperature; Topsoil

Peatlands play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle. Sphagnum mosses (peat mosses) are considered to be the peatland ecosystem engineers and contribute to the carbon accumulation in the peatland ecosystems. As cold‐adapted species, the dominance of Sphagnum mosses in peatlands will be threatene...