Characterizing the hydrological function of treed bogs in the zone of discontinuous permafrost

• Main Author: Disher, Brenden
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2020
• Subjects: permafrost thaw; landscape transition; hydrology; cold regions; climate warming; Scotty Creek; Earth Sciences; Fort Simpson; Ice; Peat; Peat plateau; permafrost; taiga; Taiga plains
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2261; https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/3386/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

The loss of permafrost has produced a wholesale conversion from forest to wetland, and many studies have analyzed the effects of permafrost thaw-induced land cover change on the hydrology and ecology of landscapes within the Taiga Plains. The permafrost thaw driven areal shrinkage of forested platea...