Thawing sub-arctic permafrost: Effects on vegetation and methane emissions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Christensen, Torben R ^a   Johansson, Torbjörn ^a   Åkerman, H Jonas ^a   Mastepanov, Mihail ^a   Malmer, Nils ^b   Friborg, Thomas ^c   Crill, Patrick ^d   Svensson, Bo H ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSES; HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ISOTHERMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ANNUAL ISOTHERM; MIRE ECOSYSTEMS; PERMAFOREST COVERAGE; VEGETATION CHANGES;

GEOPHYSICS;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MIRE; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

EID: 2542451846     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018680     Document Type: Article

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