Effect of simulated disturbance by geese on soil temperature and active layer thickness over one growing season

• Main Author: Holm, Hildur Søndergaard
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; BIO-3950; Adventdalen; Arctic; Svalbard; Active layer thickness; Climate change; Ice; permafrost; Tundra; wedge*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29207

The Arctic is an area predicted to be strongly affected by climate change, and the extent of permafrost is expected to decrease. The insulating capacity of bryophytes is central in permafrost preservation. In High-Arctic Svalbard, disturbance by geese through grubbing may damage and remove parts of...