Abstract
Paleoecological studies indicate that
peatland ecosystems may exhibit bistability. This
would mean that these systems are resilient to
gradual changes in climate, until environmental
thresholds are passed. Then, ecosystem stability is
lost and rapid shifts in surface and vegetation
structure at landscape scale occur. Another remarkable
feature is the commonly observed self-organized
spatial vegetation patterning, such as string-flark
and
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