Effects of thermo-erosional disturbance on surface soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in upland arctic tundra

Effects of thermo-erosional disturbance on surface soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in upland arctic tundra

Thaw of ice-rich permafrost soils on sloping terrain can trigger erosional disturbance events that displace large volumes of soil and sediment, kill and damage plants, and initiate secondary succession. We examined how retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS), a common form of thermo-erosional disturbance in...

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Main Authors: Camila Pizano, Andrés F Barón, Edward A G Schuur, Kathryn G Crummer, Michelle C Mack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
arctic tundra
permfrost soil
thermo-erosional disturbance
carbon and nitrogen pools
deciduous shrubs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/075006

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/075006

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