Can animal grazing help to reduce permafrost thaw?

Large herbivorous animals were identified to globally affect soil and vegetation conditions. In the Arctic, intensive animal activity excerts impacts on permafrost that might help to stabilize thaw-vulnerable deposits and counteract vegetation changes associated with global warming. Exploiting such...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
Main Authors: Windirsch, Torben, Forbes, Bruce C, Strauss, Jens
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Informa UK Limited 2024
Subjects:
Arctic
Antarctic and Alpine Research
Global warming
permafrost
Online Access:https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/59060/
https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/59060/1/Windirsch_AAAR_2024.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2379717
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.30fd9c77-2e25-4152-b59b-8183694f6132
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Summary:Large herbivorous animals were identified to globally affect soil and vegetation conditions. In the Arctic, intensive animal activity excerts impacts on permafrost that might help to stabilize thaw-vulnerable deposits and counteract vegetation changes associated with global warming. Exploiting such mechanisms on a local scale would help to (re-)establish animal- and herding-based livelihoods while stabilizing ground for infrastructure and being climatically beneficial.

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