Tracing the origin of Arctic driftwood

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-76

  Hellmann, Lena ^a,b   Tegel, Willy ^c   Eggertsson, Ólafur ^d   Schweingruber, Fritz Hans ^a   Blanchette, Robert ^e   Kirdyanov, Alexander ^f   Gärtner, Holger ^a   Büntgen, Ulf ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Iceland Forest Research   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic currents; Arctic driftwood; biodeterioration; boreal forest; boreal rivers; circumpolar vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ICE COVER; PERMAFROST; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84878635641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20022     Document Type: Article

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