Sources and sinks of carbon in boreal ecosystems of interior Alaska: A review

Abstract Boreal ecosystems store large quantities of carbon but are increasingly vulnerable to carbon loss due to disturbance and climate warming. The boreal region in Alaska and Canada, largely underlain by discontinuous permafrost, presents a challenging landscape for itemizing carbon sources and...

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Main Authors: Thomas A. Douglas, Miriam C. Jones, Christopher A. Hiemstra, Jeffrey R. Arnold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioOne 2014-12-01
Series:Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
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Online Access:http://elementascience.org/article/info:doi/10.12952/journal.elementa.000032