Carbon budget consequences of deciduous shrub expansion in alpine tundra ecosystems

• Published in: Ecosystems
• Main Author: Sørensen, Mia Vedel
• Other Authors: Graae, Bente Jessen, Strimbeck, George Richard, Enquist, Brian
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: NTNU 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Basic biosciences: 470; Arctic; Dovrefjell; Finnes; Føre; Jorda; Norway; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arktis*; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2565086

Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems are important for global carbon sequestration, as they store more than half of the global soil carbon (C), and these systems are predicted to have the greatest soil C loss following climate warming. Deciduous shrub cover has increased in tundra ecosystems during r...