Temporal and spatial variability of carbon cycling in a subarctic landscape

• Main Author: Johansson, Torbjörn
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University 2006
• Subjects: Physical Geography; Geologi; Geology; Växtekologi; Plant ecology; Permafrost; Herbivory; Subarctic; Aerial photography; Vegetation change; Carbon balance; fysisk geografi; Abisko; Stordalen; Torneträsk; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/547042

This thesis deals with the carbon balance in a subarctic landscape at different temporal and spatial scales. Its focus is mainly on the peatland and mountain birch forest (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) ecosystems within the Abisko area in northernmost Sweden. This is an area with a temperature...