Postfire energy exchange in arctic tundra: The importance and climatic implications of burn severity

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2831-2841

  Rocha, Adrian V ^a   Shaver, Gaius R ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaktuvuk River fire; Burn severity; Energy balance; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; FIRE; LAND COVER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REGIME; TUNDRA; VEGETATION;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79960973234     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02441.x     Document Type: Article

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