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These peatlands are often used for open\u2010range cattle grazing, which has the potential to destabilize peat carbon stocks, releasing greenhouse gases (GHG) in the form of CO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    and CH\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    . There is currently very little information on the impacts of grazing on undrained or partially drained peatlands. We tested the hypotheses that (1) grazing increases GHG emissions (CO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    and CH\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) from Andean peatlands in general when measured across a wide range of different vegetation types and water table depths and (2) the magnitude of impact of grazing on CO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    and CH\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    emissions varies by dominant vegetation type. We conducted a survey of CH\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    and CO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    fluxes at 31 high\u2010elevation peatlands across Ecuador. We then quantified the influence of environmental parameters (water table depth, vegetation type, and grazing pressure) on GHG emissions. We found that heavier grazing intensities were associated with increased CH\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    emissions and that the effect of grazing on CH\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    emission was largest in areas with high water tables and sedge\u2010dominated vegetation. Grazing in cushion plant\u2010dominated peatlands also increased both gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration, with the net effect of increasing CO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    release and an overall increase in global warming potential. Overall, our results support the hypothesis that grazing leads to increased GHG emissions from tropical Andean peatlands, with the effect size dependent on vegetation type, degree of drainage, and the intensity of grazing.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/eap.70313","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]],"date-time":"2026-10-21T12:50:36Z","timestamp":1792587036000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impacts of grazing on greenhouse gas emissions from high elevation\n                    <i>p\u00e1ramo<\/i>\n                    peatlands"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"36","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7976-4251","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Moira","family":"Hough","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Forest Resources &amp; Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University  Houghton Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ricardo","family":"Jaramillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Forest Resources &amp; Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University  Houghton Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Segundo","family":"Chimbolema","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Colegio de Ciencias Biol\u00f3gicas y Ambientales; Instituto Bi\u00f3sfera, Universidad San Francisco de Quito  Cumbaya Ecuador"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Esteban","family":"Su\u00e1rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Colegio de Ciencias Biol\u00f3gicas y Ambientales; Instituto Bi\u00f3sfera, Universidad San Francisco de Quito  Cumbaya Ecuador"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rodney A.","family":"Chimner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Forest Resources &amp; Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University  Houghton Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erik A.","family":"Lilleskov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"United States Forest Service Northern Research Station  Houghton Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"7080","DOI":"10.1002\/ece3.2469","article-title":"Emissions of Methane from Northern Peatlands: A Review of Management Impacts and Implications for Future Management Options","volume":"6","author":"Abdalla M.","year":"2016","journal-title":"Ecology and Evolution"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1029\/2010JG001390"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3337","DOI":"10.1002\/joc.5504","article-title":"Spatial Functional Data Analysis for Regionalizing Precipitation Seasonality and Intensity in a Sparsely Monitored Region: Unveiling the Spatio\u2010Temporal Dependencies of Precipitation in Ecuador","volume":"38","author":"Ballari D.","year":"2018","journal-title":"International Journal of Climatology: A Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3389\/fclim.2024.1334159","article-title":"Using Remote Sensing to Map Degraded Mountain Peatlands with High Climate Mitigation Potential in Colombia's Central Cordillera","volume":"6","author":"Battaglia M. 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