Essays about: "vegetation manipulation experiment"

Found 2 essays containing the words vegetation manipulation experiment.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. The potential impact of changing vegetation on thawing permafrost : effects of manipulated vegetation on summer ground temperatures and soil moisture in Abisko, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Eric Torkelsson; John Bengtsson; [2012]
    Keywords : vegetation manipulation experiment; permafrost; climate change; physical geography; geography; Abisko; sub-arctic; naturgeografi; geografi; klimatförändring; manipulation av vegetation; subarktis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Arctic region has experienced significant warming in the past decades and according to predictions further increases in air temperatures and precipitation will occur during the 21st century. Recent changes in climate have had widespread implications for the permafrost around the Arctic. READ MORE