Tundra shrub ring widths in microns, North Slope Alaska 1965-2013

• Main Author: Diane Huebner
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2022
• Subjects: climate sensitivity; microsite; retrogressive thaw slump; secondary growth; shrubs; tundra; Salix pulchra; Salix glauca; Betula nana; Dwarf birch; north slope; permafrost; Thermokarst; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:eb44a284-0246-46aa-8d35-ae237e3df6b8

Thermokarst disturbance in permafrost landscapes is likely to increase across the tundra biome with climate warming, resulting in changes to topography, vegetation, and biogeochemical cycling. Tundra shrubs grow on permafrost, but shrub - thermokarst relationships are rarely studied in detail. Since...