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Thaw pond developme...
Thaw pond development and initial vegetation succession in experimental plots at a Siberian lowland tundra site
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- Li, Bingxi (författare)
- Wageningen University
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- Heijmans, Monique M P D (författare)
- Wageningen University
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- Blok, Daan (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science,Faculty of Science
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- Wang, Peng (författare)
- Wageningen University
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- Karsanaev, Sergey V (författare)
- North-Eastern Federal University,Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of RAS
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- Maximov, Trofim C. (författare)
- North-Eastern Federal University
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- van Huissteden, Jacobus (författare)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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- Berendse, Frank (författare)
- Wageningen University
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- 2017-08-22
- 2017
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Plant and Soil. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-5036 .- 0032-079X. ; 420:1-2, s. 147-162
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- Permafrost degradation has the potential to change the Arctic tundra landscape. We observed rapid local thawing of ice-rich permafrost resulting in thaw pond formation, which was triggered by removal of the shrub cover in a field experiment. This study aimed to examine the rate of permafrost thaw and the initial vegetation succession after the permafrost collapse. Methods In the experiment, we measured changes in soil thaw depth, plant species cover and soil subsidence over nine years (2007–2015). Results After abrupt initial thaw, soil subsidence in the removal plots continued indicating further thawing ofpermafrost albeit at a much slower pace: 1 cm y−1 over 2012–2015 vs. 5 cm y−1 over 2007–2012. Grass cover strongly increased after the initial shrub removal, but later declined with ponding of water in the subsiding removal plots. Sedges established and expanded in the wetter removal plots. Thereby, the removal plots have become increasingly similar to nearby ‘natural’ thawponds. Conclusions The nine years of field observations in a unique shrub removal experiment at a Siberian tundra site document possible trajectories of small-scale permafrost collapse and the initial stage of vegetation recovery,which is essential knowledge for assessing future tundra landscape changes.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
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