This is the first truly ecosystem-oriented book on peatlands. It adopts
an ecosystems approach to understanding the world's boreal peatlands.
The focus is on biogeochemical patterns and processes, production,
decomposition, and peat accumulation, and it provides additional
information on animal and fungal diversity. A recurring theme is the
legacy of boreal peatlands as impressive accumulators of carbon as peat
over millennia.