Essays about: "shrubification"

Found 2 essays containing the word shrubification.

  1. 1. Applying LPJ-GUESS on the Arctic: A model evaluation and benchmarking study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Margot Jeanne Knapen; [2023]
    Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; LPJ-GUESS; Arctic; FLUXNET; Gross Primary Productivity; Ecosystem Respiration; Permafrost; Active Layer Thickness; Snow Depth; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Warming in the Arctic occurs at a much higher rate than the global average, which has a considerable impact on the Arctic terrestrial carbon cycle. Permafrost thawing can release substantial amounts of carbon, whilst tundra shrubification and tree-line advance, on the other hand, may compensate for this. READ MORE

  3. 2. Impact of vegetation mycorrhizal type on fungal community composition in arctic tundra

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Leah Kirchhoff; [2021]
    Keywords : arctic climate change; shrubification; fungal metabarcoding; ectomycorrhiza; ericoid mycorrhiza;

    Abstract : on the effects of vegetation and associated changes on above and below-ground processes in tundra soils. In a sub-arctic alpine tundra heath, vegetation composition was manipulated by removing plant species with certain mycorrhizal associations. READ MORE