An impact of deforestation by extreme weather events on Sphagnum peatland ecosystem

Michal M. Slowinski1, Dominika Łuców2,3, Piotr Kołaczek4, Rik Tjallingii5, Christine S Lane6, Sandra Slowinska, PhD7, Sebastian Tyszkowski8, Edyta Łokas9, Martin Theuerkauf10, Achim Brauer11 and Mariusz Lamentowicz3, (1)Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences,, Department of Environmental Resources and Geohazards, Warsaw, Poland, (2)Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Past Landscape Dynamics, Warszawa, Poland, (3)Adam Mickiewicz University, Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Poznań, Poland, (4)Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, (5)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 4.3 'Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution', Potsdam, Germany, (6)University of Cambridge, Department of Geography, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (7)Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Geoecology and Climatology, Warszawa, Poland, (8)Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Environmental Resources and Geohazards, Torun, Poland, (9)Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland, (10)Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Institute for Geography and Geology, Greifswald, Germany, (11)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.2 - Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, Potsdam, Germany