Scholarships to J.B.were provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC-CGS M);the Fonds de recherche du Québec–Nature et technologies(FRQNT);funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada through discovery grants to M.G.andÉB。
Background:Black spruce(Picea mariana(Mill.)BSP)-forested peatlands are widespread ecosystems in boreal North America in which peat accumulation,known as the paludification process,has been shown to induce forest grow...