Response characteristics of vegetation and soil environment to permafrost degradation in the upstream regions of the Shule River Basin

Permafrost degradation exhibits striking and profound influences on the alpine ecosystem, and response characteristics of vegetation and soil environment to such degradation inevitably differ during the entire degraded periods. However, up to now, the related research is lacking in the Qinghai–Tibet...

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Main Authors: Shengyun Chen, Wenjie Liu, Xiang Qin, Yushuo Liu, Tongzuo Zhang, Kelong Chen, Fengzu Hu, Jiawen Ren, Dahe Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045406