Effects of tree Colonization on Hydrology and carbon sequestration in peatland EcoSystems

  • Edvardsson, Johannes (PI)
  • Stoffel, Markus (Researcher)
  • Corona, Christophe (Researcher)
  • Klemedtsson, Leif (Researcher)
  • Lehsten, Veiko (Researcher)
  • Rinne, Janne (Researcher)
  • Björklund, Jesper (Researcher)
  • Seftigen, Kristina (Researcher)

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

ECHoES is a multidisciplinary project in which links and feedbacks between tree colonization, hydrology and carbon sequestration in peatland ecosystems are studied. In the ECHoES project long-term (multi-millennial) and ongoing processes linking peatland tree colonization – hydrology – carbon sequestration and climate are studied. We also use ecosystem models to predict what impact ongoing and future tree colonization on peatlands may have on the hydrology and carbon sequestration in the peatland ecosystems, which in turn has a significant impact on the global carbon cycle.
AcronymECHoES
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date2016/01/012018/12/31

Collaborative partners

  • Lund University (lead)
  • University of Gothenburg
  • University of Geneva
  • Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

Funding

  • The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
  • Crafoord Foundation
  • Swedish Research Council