caa a22 4500 445892188 CHVBK 20180317145620.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10750-011-0729-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10750-011-0729-x Assessing greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands using vegetation as a proxy [Elektronische Daten] [John Couwenberg, Annett Thiele, Franziska Tanneberger, Jürgen Augustin, Susanne Bärisch, Dimitry Dubovik, Nadzeya Liashchynskaya, Dierk Michaelis, Merten Minke, Arkadi Skuratovich, Hans Joosten] Drained peatlands in temperate Europe are a globally important source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This article outlines a methodology to assess emissions and emission reductions from peatland rewetting projects using vegetation as a proxy. Vegetation seems well qualified for indicating GHG fluxes from peat soils as it reflects long-term water level, affects GHG emissions via assimilate supply and aerenchyma and allows fine-scaled mapping. The methodology includes mapping of vegetation types characterised by the presence and absence of species groups indicative for specific water level classes. GHG flux values are assigned to the vegetation types following a standardized protocol and using published emission values from plots with similar vegetation and water level in regions with similar climate and flora. Carbon sequestration in trees is accounted for by estimating the annual sequestration in tree biomass from forest inventory data. The method follows the criteria of the Voluntary Carbon Standard and is illustrated using the example of two Belarusian peatlands. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Bioindication nationallicence Bog nationallicence Emission reduction nationallicence Fen nationallicence Restoration nationallicence Rewetting nationallicence Succession nationallicence Couwenberg John Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut Thiele Annett APB BirdLife Belarus, Surganova 2v, Minsk, Belarus aut Tanneberger Franziska DUENE e. V., c/o Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut Augustin Jürgen Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany aut Bärisch Susanne Michael Succow Stiftung, c/o Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut Dubovik Dimitry Institute of Experimental Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus aut Liashchynskaya Nadzeya APB BirdLife Belarus, Surganova 2v, Minsk, Belarus aut Michaelis Dierk Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut Minke Merten APB BirdLife Belarus, Surganova 2v, Minsk, Belarus aut Skuratovich Arkadi Institute of Experimental Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus aut Joosten Hans Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 674/1(2011-10-01), 67-89 0018-8158 674:1<67 2011 674 10750 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0729-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0729-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Couwenberg John Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thiele Annett APB BirdLife Belarus, Surganova 2v, Minsk, Belarus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tanneberger Franziska DUENE e. V., c/o Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Augustin Jürgen Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bärisch Susanne Michael Succow Stiftung, c/o Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dubovik Dimitry Institute of Experimental Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liashchynskaya Nadzeya APB BirdLife Belarus, Surganova 2v, Minsk, Belarus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Michaelis Dierk Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Minke Merten APB BirdLife Belarus, Surganova 2v, Minsk, Belarus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Skuratovich Arkadi Institute of Experimental Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Joosten Hans Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 674/1(2011-10-01), 67-89 0018-8158 674:1<67 2011 674 10750 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer