Publications:

2026

• Moore PA, Sutton OF, McCarter CPR, Waddington JM. 2026. Climate change increases northern peatland burning and combustion carbon loss. Environmental Research Letters 21: 194021, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aea91c

• Simone KL, Moore PA, Van Huizen B, Waddington JM. 2026. Persistent evapotranspiration in a shallow boreal shield peatland despite summer drought: Implications for ecohydrological resilience. Hydrological Processes 40: e70558 , doi: 10.1002/hyp.70558

• Moore M, Kanne AI, Markle CE, Smolarz AG, Moore PA, Furukawa AK, Waddington JM. 2026. Depression storage controls moss and lichen moisture availability and net primary productivity in rock barrens turtle nesting habitat. Ecohydrology 19: e70190, doi: 10.1002/eco.70190

• Fallas RY, Markle CE, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2026. Micrometeorological variability and climate change affect snake overwintering habitat resilience. Climate Change Ecology 11: 100108,  doi: 10.1016/j.ecochg.2026.100108

• Hunter ML, Strachan IB, Moore PA, Knox S, Strack M. 2026.Water table depth and vapour pressure deficit interaction drives bare peat evaporation at actively extracted peatlands in Canada. Hydrological Processes 40(4):e70521, doi: 10.1002/hyp.70521

• Hunter ML, Strachan IB, Moore P, Knox S, Strack M. 2026. Ecosystem-scale greenhouse gas fluxes from actively extracted peatlands: water table depth drives interannual variability. Biogeosciences, 23(2):793-810, doi: 10.5194/bg-23-793-2026

2025

• Schulze C, Sonnentag O, Emmerton CA, Harris L, Alcock H, Marouelli K, Hould Gosselin G, Knox SH, Howard R, Skeeter J, Moore PA. 2025. Large carbon losses from burned permafrost peatlands during post‐fire succession. Geophysical Research Letters 52(19):e2025GL118344, doi: 10.1029/2025GL118344

• Furukawa AK, Sutton OF, Simone KL, Verkaik GJ, Moore PA, Clark A, Fallas R, Moore M, Sherwood E, Broyd RC, Van Huizen B, Morris P, Waddington JM. 2025. Hydrological feedbacks in northern peatlands 2: Peat depth as a control on peatland resilience. Ecohydrology 39: e70158, doi: 10.1002/hyp.70158

• Moore M, Moore PA, Broyd R, Furukawa AK, Waddington JM. 2025. Ecohydrological controls on post-fire Sphagnum moss recovery in boreal shield peatlands. Hydrological Processes 39: e70306, doi: 10.1002/hyp.70306 

• Verkaik GJ, Eckert MGK, Wilkinson SL, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2025. Fuel loads and peat combustion carbon loss increase following peatland drainage. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 130: e2024JG008674, doi: 10.1029/2024JG008674

• Tekatch AM, Markle CE, Wilkinson SL, Moore PA, McCarter CPR, Waddington JM. 2025. Ecohydrological drivers of Boreal Shield peatland fire refugia. Ecohydrology 18: e70075, doi: 10.1002/eco.70075

• Sutton OF, Furukawa AK, Moore PA, Morris PJ, Waddington JM. 2025. Shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change. Environmental Research Letters 20: 061001, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/add179

2024

• McCarter CPR, Tutt E, Moore PA, Furukawa AL, Verkaik G, Wilkinson SL, Whittington P, Waddington JM. 2024. Hydrophysical properties of peat in undisturbed and smelter-impacted peatlands: Implications for moss recovery, drought, and wildfire. Hydrological Processes  38: e70034, doi: 10.1002/hyp.70034

• North TD, Markle CE, Fallas RY, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2024. Initial impacts of wildfire on overwintering conditions for a species-at-risk snake. Global Ecology and Conservation 56: e03258, doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03258

• Gage H, Moore PA, MacKinnon B, Granath G, Wilkinson SL, Waddington JM. 2024. Assessing moss transplant methods to enhance Sphagnum moss recovery in post-wildfire hydrophobic peat. Ecological Engineering 205: 107292, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleg.2024.107292

• Van Huizen B, Markle CE, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2024. Bedrock morphology influences rock barrens turtle nesting habitat energy dynamics. Ecology and Evolution 14: e11183, doi: 10.1002/ece3.11183

• Mayner KM, Moore PA, Wilkinson SL, Gage HJM, Waddington JM. 2024. Differential post-fire vegetation recovery of Boreal Plains bogs and margins. Wetlands, 44: 44, doi: 10.1007/s13157-024-01794-8

2023

• Wilkinson SL, Andersen R, Moore, PA, Davidson SJ, Granath G, Waddington JM. 2023. Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release. Nature Climate Change 13: 456–461, doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01657-w

• McDonald R, Moore PA, Helbig M, Waddington JM. 2023. Reduced net CO2 uptake during dry summers in a boreal shield peatland. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 28: e2022JG006923, doi: 10.1029/2022JG006923

• North TD, Moore PA, Birch WS, Markle CE, Freeman HC, Furukawa AK, Hudson DT, Wilkinson SL, Waddington JM. 2023. iWetland: A community science platform for monitoring wetland water levels. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice  8: 7, doi: 10.5334/cstp.448

• McCarter CPR, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2022. On the potential for peat-block transplants to restore industrially contaminated Sphagnum peatlands. Ecological Engineering 187: 106874, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106874

2022

• Leonard R, Moore PA, Krause S, Chasmer L, Devito KJ, Petrone R, Mendoza C, Waddington JM, Kettridge N. 2022. Forest stand complexity controls ecosystem-scale evapotranspiration dynamics: Implications for landscape flux simulations. Hydrological Processes 36: e14761, doi: 10.1002/hyp.14761

• Morris PJ, Davies ML, Baird AJ, Balliston N, Bourgault M.-A., Clymo RS, Fewster RE, Furukawa AK, Holden J, Kessel E, Ketcheson S, Klöve B, Larocque M, Marttila H, Menberu M, Moore PA, Price JS, Ronkanen A.-K, Rosa E, Strack M, Surridge BWJ, Waddington JM, Whittington P, Wilkinson SL. 2022. Saturated hydraulic conductivity in northern peats inferred from other measurements. Water Resources Research 58: e2022WR033181, doi: 10.1029/2022WR033181

• Moore PA, Pypker TG, Hribljan JA, Chimner RA, Waddington JM. 2022. Examining the peatland shrubification-evapotranspiration feedback following multi-decadal water table manipulation. Hydrological Processes 36: e14719, doi: 10.1002/hyp.14719

• Lehan K, McCarter CPR, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2022.  Effect of stockpiling time on donor-peat hydrophysical properties: Implications for peatland restoration. Ecological Engineering  182: 106701, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106701

• Deane PJ, Wilkinson SL, Verkaik GJ, Moore PA, Schroeder D, Waddington JM. 2022. Peat surface compression reduces smouldering fire potential as a novel fuel treatment for boreal peatlands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 52: 396-405, doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2021-0183

2021

• McCarter CPR, Wilkinson SL, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2021. Ecohydrological trade-offs from multiple peatland disturbances: The interactive effects of drainage, harvesting, restoration and wildfire in a Southern Ontario bog. Journal of Hydrology  601: 126793, doi: 10.1016/j.hydrol.2021.126793.

• Moore PA, Didemus BR, Furukawa A, Waddington JM. 2021. Peat depth as a control on Sphagnum moisture stress during seasonal drought. Hydrological Processes  35: e14117, doi:10.1002/hyp.14117.

• Leonard R, Moore P, Krause S, Devito KJ, Petrone RM, Mendoza C, Waddington JM, Kettridge N. 2021. The influence of system heterogeneity on peat-surface temperature dynamics. Environmental Research Letters 16: 024002, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abd4ff.

• Hudson DT, Markle CE, Harris LI, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2021. Ecohydrological controls on lichen and moss CO2 exchange in rock barrens turtle nesting habitat. Ecohydrology  14: e2255, doi: 10.1002/eco.2255

2020

• Markle CE, North TD, Harris LI, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2020. Spatial heterogeneity of surface topography in peatlands: Assessing overwintering habitat availability for the eastern massasauga rattlesnake. Wetlands. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-020-01378-2

• Helbig and others. 2020. The biophysical climate mitigation potential of boreal peatlands during the growing season. Environmental Research Letters. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abab34

• Wilkinson SL, Tekatch AM, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2020 Shallow peat is most vulnerable to high peat burn severity during wildfire. Environmental Research Letters. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aba7e8

• Markle CE, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2020. Primary drivers of reptile overwintering habitat suitability: Integrating wetland ecohydrology and spatial complexity. BioScience. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa059

• Stralberg and others. 2020. Climate-change refugia in boreal North America: what, where, and for how long? Frontiers in Ecology and Environment. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2188

• Deane PJ, Wilkinson SL, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2020. Seismic lines in treed boreal peatlands as analogs for wildfire fuel modification treatments. Fire. DOI: 10.3390/fire3020021

• Markle CE, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2020. Temporal variability of overwintering conditions for a species-at-risk snake: Implications for climate change and habitat management. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00923

• Helbig M and others. 2020. Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate. Nature Climate Change. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0763-7

• Wilkinson SL, Verkaik GJ, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2020. Threshold peat burn severity breaks evaporation-limiting feedback. Ecohydrology. DOI: 10.1002/eco.2168

2019

• Moore PA, Smolarz AG, Markle CE, Waddington JM. 2019. Hydrological and thermal properties of moss and lichen species on rock barrens: Implications for turtle nesting habitat. Ecohydrology. DOI: 

• Moore PA, Lukenbach MC, Thompson DK, Kettridge N, Waddington JM. 2019. Assessing the peatland hummock-hollow classification framework using high-resolution elevation models: implications for appropriate complexity ecosystem modeling. Biogeosciences. DOI: 10.5194/bg-16-3491-2019

• Wilkinson SL, Moore PA, Waddington JM. 2019. Assessing drivers of cross-scale variability in peat smoldering combustion vulnerability in forested boreal peatlands. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. DOI:

• Ingram RC, Moore PA, Wilkinson SL, Petrone RM, Waddington JM. 2019. Postfire soil carbon accumulation does not recover boreal peatland combustion loss in some hydrogeological settings. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. DOI:

2018

• Mayner KM, Moore PA, Wilkinson SL, Petrone RM, Waddington JM. 2018. Delineating boreal plains bog margin ecotones across hydrogeological settings for wildfire risk management. Wetlands Ecology and Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11273-018-9636-5

• Wilkinson SL, Moore PA, Thompson DK, Wotton BM, Hvenegaard S, Shroeder D, Waddington JM. 2018. The effects of black spruce fuel management on surface fuel condition and peat burn severity in an experimental fire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2018-0217

• Smolarz AG, Moore PA, Markle CE, and Waddington JM. 2018. Identifying resilient eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) peatland hummock hibernacula. Canadian Journal of Zoology. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0334

• Hokanson KJ, Moore PA, Lukenbach MC, Devito KJ, Kettridge N, Petrone RM, Mendoza CA, and Waddington JM. 2018. A hydrogeological landscape framework to identify peatland wildfire smouldering hotspots. Ecohydrology Letters. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1942

• Wilkinson SL, Moore PA, Flannigan MD, Wotton BM, and Waddington JM. 2018. Did enhanced afforestation cause high severity peat burn in the Fort McMurray Horse River fire? Environmental Research Letters, 13(1): 014018. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaa136

2017

• Moore PA, Lukenbach MC, Kettridge N, Petrone RM, Devito KJ, and Waddington JM. 2017. Peatland Water Repellency: Importance of Soil Water Content, Moss Species, and Burn Severity. Journal of Hydrology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.09.036

• Dixon SJ, Kettridge N, Moore PA, Devito KJ, Tilak AS, Petrone RM, Mendoza CA, and Waddington JM. 2017. Peat depth as a control on moss water availability under evaporative stress. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11307

• Devito KJ, Hokanson KJ, Moore PA, Kettridge N, Anderson A, Chasmer L, Hopkins C, Lukebach MC, Mendoza CA, Morissette J, Peters DL, Petrone RM, Silins U, Smerdon B, and Waddington JM. 2017. Landscape controls on long-term runoff in sub-humid heterogeneous Boreal Plains catchments. Hydrological Proceses. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11213

2016

• Chimner RA, Pypker TG, Hribljan JA, Moore PA, and Waddington, JM. 2016. Multi-decadal Changes in Water Table Levels Alter Peatland Carbon Cycling. Ecosystems, pp.1-16. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-0092-x

• Granath G, Moore PA, Lukenbach MC, and Waddington JM. 2016. Mitigating wildfire carbon loss in managed northern peatlands through restoration. Scientific Reports, 6: 28498. DOI: 10.1038/srep28498

2015

• Lukenbach MC, Hokanson KJ, Moore PA, Devito KJ, Kettridge N, Thompson DK, Wotton BM, Petrone RM, and Waddington JM. 2015. Hydrological controls on deep burning in a northern forested peatland. Hydrological Processes, 29(18): 4114-4124. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10440

• Moore PA, Morris, PJ, and Waddington JM. 2015. Multi‐decadal water table manipulation alters peatland hydraulic structure and moisture retention. Hydrological Processes, 29(13): 2970-2982. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10416

• Moore PA, and Waddington JM. 2015. Modelling Sphagnum moisture stress in response to projected 21st‐century climate change. Hydrological Processes, 29(18): 3966-3982. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10484

• Waddington JM, Morris PJ, Kettridge N, Granath G, Thompson DK, and Moore PA. 2015. Hydrological feedbacks in northern peatlands. Ecohydrology, 8(1), pp.113-127. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1493

2013

• Pypker TG, Moore PA, Waddington JM, Hribljan JA, Chimner RA. 2013. Shifting environmental controls on CH4 fluxes in a sub-boreal peatland. Biogeosciences 10(12): 7971-7981. DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7971-2013

• Moore PA, Pypker TG, and Waddington JM. 2013. Effect of long-term water table manipulation on peatland evapotranspiration. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 178-179: 106-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.04.013