Persistent Changes to Ecosystems following Winter Road Construction and Abandonment in an Area of Discontinuous Permafrost, Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Cameron, Emily A., Lantz, Trevor C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 2017
• Subjects: Audrey; Canada; Chanda; Harper; Northwest Territories; Parkland; Whitelaw; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic; Nahanni National Park; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/11664; https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0016-012

Subarctic ecosystems are experiencing rapid changes as a result of climate warming and more frequent and severe disturbances. There is considerable uncertainty regarding ecological trajectories following disturbance in forested ecosystems underlain by permafrost because their structure and function...