Permafrost warming and vegetation changes in continental Antarctica

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Guglielmin, Mauro ^a   Dalle Fratte, Michele ^a   Cannone, Nicoletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

active layer; Antarctica; climate change; ground water content; incoming radiation; mosses; permafrost; snow; vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); GROUNDWATER; PERMAFROST; SNOW;

ACTIVE LAYER; ANTARCTICA; LONG TERM MONITORING; MARITIME ANTARCTICA; MOSSES; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; THIN ORGANIC LAYERS;

VEGETATION;

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOSS; PERMAFROST; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84899501299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/045001     Document Type: Article

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