Decadal vegetation changes in a northern peatland, greenhouse gas fluxes and net radiative forcing

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2352-2369

  Johansson, Torbjörn ^a   Malmer, Nils ^a   Crill, Patrick M ^b   Friborg, Thomas ^c   Åkerman, Jonas H ^a   Mastepanov, Mikhail ^a   Christensen, Torben R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerial CIR photography; Carbonbalance; Green house gases; GWP; NorthernSweden; Peatland; Permafrost; Radiative forcing; Sub Arctic; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CARBON BALANCE; DECADAL VARIATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NET RADIATION; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; RADIATIVE FORCING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33845273318     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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