Long-term perspectives on lagged ecosystem responses to climate change: Permafrost in boreal peatlands and the grassland/woodland boundary

Ecosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 534-544

  Camill, Philip ^a   Clark, James S ^b  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal peatlands; Buffering; Climate change; Grassland woodland boundary; Lagged responses; Northern great plains; Permafrost; Warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTONE; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST;

EID: 0034494661     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000047     Document Type: Article

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