Spatial variation in vegetation productivity trends, fire disturbance, and soil carbon across arctic-boreal permafrost ecosystems

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Michael M Loranty, Wil Lieberman-Cribbin, Logan T Berner, Susan M Natali, Scott J Goetz, Heather D Alexander, Alexander L Kholodov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2016
• Subjects: boreal forest; greening; browning; arctic tundra; permafrost carbon; wildfire; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Arctic; Browning; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/095008; https://doaj.org/article/1ff7b00c220d43cfba43cfec4a7f4795

In arctic tundra and boreal forest ecosystems vegetation structural and functional influences on the surface energy balance can strongly influence permafrost soil temperatures. As such, vegetation changes will likely play an important role in permafrost soil carbon dynamics and associated climate fe...