Physical and ecological changes associated with warming permafrost and thermokarst in Interior Alaska

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-256

  Osterkamp, T E ^a   Jorgenson, M T ^b   Schuur, E A G ^c   Shur, Y L ^d   Kanevskiy, M Z ^d   Vogel, J G ^c   Tumskoy, V E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ABR Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecology; Permafrost; Thermokarst; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; THAWING; THERMOKARST; TUNDRA; VEGETATION; WARMING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 69949095067     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.656     Document Type: Article

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