Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería de Costa Rica

Long-term patterns of peat accumulation and organic matter decomposition in Costa Rican peatlands

Abstract. Tropical peatlands, compared to their boreal counterparts, are vastly understudied despite acting as a significant terrestrial carbon sink, sequestering 100—300 Gt of carbon. In particular, the low number of field-based studies from Latin America and the Caribbean limit...