Edaphic and microclimatic controls over permafrost response to fire in interior Alaska

Discontinuous permafrost in the North American boreal forest is strongly influenced by the effects of ecological succession on the accumulation of surface organic matter, making permafrost vulnerable to degradation resulting from fire disturbance. To assess factors affecting permafrost degradation a...

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Main Authors: Dana R Nossov, M Torre Jorgenson, Knut Kielland, Mikhail Z Kanevskiy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035013