Effect of compaction on soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes from tropical peatland in Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Busman, Nur Azima, Maie, Nagamitsu, Ishak, Che Fauziah, Sulaiman, Muhammad Firdaus, Melling, Lulie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96868/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96868/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-020-01132-y

Tropical peatland stores a large amount of carbon (C) and is an important C sink. In Malaysia, about 25% of the peatland area has been converted to oil palm plantation where drainage, compaction and groundwater table control are prerequisite. To date, relationship between land compaction and C emiss...