Multiscale Soil Carbon Distribution in Two Sub-Arctic Landscapes

• Main Author: Wayolle, Audrey A.J.
• Other Authors: Wookey, Philip A., Williams, Mat, Wilson, Clare, Scottish Alliance for Geosciences Environment and Society (SAGES), School of Natural Sciences, Biological and Environmental Sciences
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 2011
• Subjects: carbon; Arctic soils; multiscale; sub-Arctic; tundra heath; birch forest; tundra forest ecotone; sampling scheme; Abisko; Kevo; Climatic changes Observations; Paleoclimatology; Arctic; Global warming; permafrost; Tundra; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/6502; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/6502/1/WayolleThesis.pdf

In recent years, concern has grown over the consequences of global warming. The arctic region is thought to be particularly vulnerable to increasing temperatures, and warming is occurring here substantially more rapidly than at lower latitudes. Consequently, assessments of the state of the Arctic ar...