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

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Parmentier, Frans-Jan, Rasse, Daniel P., Lund, Magnus, Bjerke, Jarle W., Drake, Bert G., Weldon, Simon Mark, Tømmervik, Hans, Hansen, Georg Heinrich
• 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; Arctic; Browning; Norway; Empetrum nigrum; Northern Norway; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2503078; https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabff3

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 CO2 uptake due to winter damage, however, remains elu...