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Holocene carbon accumulation in the peatlands of northern Scotland

dc.contributor.authorRatcliffe, Joshua L.
dc.contributor.authorPayne, R. J.
dc.contributor.authorSloan, T. J.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, B.
dc.contributor.authorWaldron, S.
dc.contributor.authorMauquoy, D.
dc.contributor.authorNewton, A.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, A. R.
dc.contributor.authorHenderson, A.
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, R.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Northern Rivers Institute (NRI)en
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Geography & Environmenten
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-05T11:00:05Z
dc.date.available2019-07-05T11:00:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-25
dc.descriptionACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was primarily funded by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (grant LG13STIR007), the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2015- 162), the British Ecological Society and the Royal Society. The research that generated the Gordonbush records was funded by SSE, ETP and EPSRC. We would also like to thank the RSPB, Patrick Sinclair, the Forestry Commission and SSE for granting access to the field sites and for help in retrieving the peat cores. Angela Creevy, David Braidwood and volunteers from Forsinard Flows NNR helped with the core collection while Prof. Stuart Gibb, Dr Chris Hayward and Norrie Russell provided valuable advice and assistance. AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS The study was conceived by RJP and JLR. Fieldworkwas conducted by JLR, TJS, BS, RA, ARA, RJP, SWand AH. Data compilation was conducted by JLR andRJP. Labwork was conducted by JLR, BS and TJS.RJP, RA, ARA, AN, DM, SW and AH secured funding and supervised students. Data analysis was conducted by JLR and RJP. JLR and RJP wrote the first draft of the manuscript to which all authors contributed.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent30
dc.format.extent1847166
dc.identifier145264442
dc.identifieree9d1f5e-c8c8-49a0-9dc8-67e756f35067
dc.identifier85063406472
dc.identifier.citationRatcliffe, J L, Payne, R J, Sloan, T J, Smith, B, Waldron, S, Mauquoy, D, Newton, A, Anderson, A R, Henderson, A & Andersen, R 2018, 'Holocene carbon accumulation in the peatlands of northern Scotland', Mires and Peat, vol. 23, no. 03, 3, pp. 1-30. https://doi.org/10.19189/MaP.2018.OMB.347en
dc.identifier.doi10.19189/MaP.2018.OMB.347
dc.identifier.iss03en
dc.identifier.issn1819-754X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/12512
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063406472&partnerID=8YFLogxKen
dc.identifier.urlhttp://mires-and-peat.net/pages/volumes/map23/map2303.phpen
dc.identifier.vol23en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMires and Peaten
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Actionen
dc.subjectBlanket bogen
dc.subjectCaithnessen
dc.subjectClimateen
dc.subjectFlow countryen
dc.subjectLorcaen
dc.subjectPeaten
dc.subjectSutherlanden
dc.subjectTephrochronologyen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematicsen
dc.subjectAquatic Scienceen
dc.subjectEcologyen
dc.subjectSoil Scienceen
dc.subjectNature and Landscape Conservationen
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.titleHolocene carbon accumulation in the peatlands of northern Scotlanden
dc.typeJournal articleen

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