Post-thaw variability in litter decomposition best explained by microtopography at an ice-rich permafrost peatland

• Main Authors: Avni Malhotra (4866175), Tim R. Moore (4866172), Juul Limpens (535589), Nigel T. Roulet (4866169)
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Ecology; Sociology; Plant Biology; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified; Discontinuous permafrost zone; litter decomposition; microtopography; peatland; permafrost thaw; Stordalen; Ice; Northern Sweden; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5904655.v3

Litter decomposition, a key process by which recently fixed carbon is lost from ecosystems, is a function of environmental conditions and plant community characteristics. In ice-rich peatlands, permafrost thaw introduces high variability in both abiotic and biotic factors, both of which may affect l...