Circumpolar assessment of permafrost C quality and its vulnerability over time using long-term incubation data

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 641-652

  Schädel, Christina ^a   Schuur, Edward A G ^a   Bracho, Rosvel ^a   Elberling, Bo ^b,c   Knoblauch, Christian ^d   Lee, Hanna ^e   Luo, Yiqi ^f   Shaver, Gaius R ^g   Turetsky, Merritt R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Boreal forest; C decomposition; Climate change; Siberia; Soil organic carbon; Tundra

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C DECOMPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASON; SOIL; TAIGA; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; BOREAL FOREST; C DECOMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; SIBERIA; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84891664450     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12417     Document Type: Article

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