Vulnerability and resilience of the carbon exchange of a subarctic peatland to an extreme winter event

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Frans-Jan W Parmentier, Daniel P Rasse, Magnus Lund, Jarle W Bjerke, Bert G Drake, Simon Weldon, Hans Tømmervik, Georg H Hansen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2018
• Subjects: arctic browning; CO2 exchange; extreme winter event; carbon cycle; eddy covariance; northern ecosystems; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Arctic; Browning; Norway; Empetrum nigrum; Northern Norway; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabff3; https://doaj.org/article/c888adfbf1ab4fb39d8aa9d8d1ae2548

Extreme winter events that damage vegetation are considered an important climatic cause of arctic browning—a reversal of the greening trend of the region—and possibly reduce the carbon uptake of northern ecosystems. Confirmation of a reduction in CO _2 uptake due to winter damage, however, remains e...