Pedogenesis, Permafrost, and Ecosystem Functioning: Feedbacks and Interactions along Climate Gradients across the Tibetan Plateau

• Main Author: Baumann, Frank
• Other Authors: Scholten, Thomas (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Tübingen 2014
• Subjects: Bodenbildung; Ökosystemforschung; Geomorphologie; Hochland von Tibet; Dauerfrostboden; Degradation; Verwitterung; 550; Tibetan Plateau; pedogenesis; soil organic carbon; soil nitrogen; permafrost; permafrost degradation; weathering indices; pedogenic oxides; Pedogene Oxide; Verwitterungsindices; Permafrostdegradation; Bodenstickstoff; Bodenkohlenstoff; Pedogenese; Tibetisches Plateau; Indian; Langen; Active layer thickness
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10900/54836; http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-548367

This thesis was conducted within the scope of a graduation fellowship from the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Grant No.: VI 4.2-7631.2/Baumann) in cooperation with the Depart-ment of Ecology, Peking University, Beijing. Scientists specialised in both ecology and soil science investigated the s...