Survival of the Deepest Peatlands? Peat Depth as a Driver of Ecohydrological Resilience to Drought and Wildfire

Northern peatlands provide important ecosystem services (e.g. carbon storage, water storage, species at risk habitat). While these ecosystems are facing large increases in the areal extent and frequency of climate-mediated disturbances (e.g. wildfire, drought), they are generally resilient to these disturbances. Numerous autogenic ecohydrological feedbacks operate within peatlands that regulate their response to changes in seasonal water …