Historical and projected trends in landscape drivers affecting carbon dynamics in Alaska:

Ecological Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1383-1402

  Pastick, Neal J ^a,b   Duffy, Paul ^c   Genet, Hélène ^d   Rupp, T Scott ^d   Wylie, Bruce K ^e   Johnson, Kristofer D ^f   Jorgenson, M Torre ^g   Bliss, Norman ^h   McGuire, A David ^d   Jafarov, Elchin E ⁱ   Knight, Joseph F ^b  

^a SGT INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Neptune and Company Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g Alaska Ecoscience   (United States)

^h ASRC Federal InuTeq (Contractor to the US Geological Survey)   (United States)

ⁱ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; boreal forest; carbon dynamics; climate change; permafrost; succession; surface water; tundra; wetlands; wildland fire

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; METHANE; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TREND ANALYSIS; TUNDRA; WETLAND;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA;

ALASKA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; TAIGA; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; TAIGA; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA;

EID: 85021787691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1538     Document Type: Article

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