Soil carbon in the Arctic and the permafrost carbon feedback

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 545-551

  van Huissteden, J ^a   Dolman, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; PERMAFROST; SOIL CARBON; TIMESCALE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84869193474     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.09.008     Document Type: Review

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