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 W., Rasse, Daniel P., Lund, Magnus, Bjerke, Jarle W., Drake, Bert G., Weldon, Simon, Tømmervik, Hans, Hansen, Georg H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; arctic browning; carbon cycle; CO exchange; eddy covariance; northern ecosystems; extreme winter event; Arctic; Browning; Norway; Empetrum nigrum; Northern Norway; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/84b9ece7-7630-4a26-8758-2e1df59186f7; 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...