Wetland succession in a permafrost collapse: interactions between fire and thermokarst

To determine the influence of fire and thermokarst in a boreal landscape, we investigated peat cores within and adjacent to a permafrost collapse feature on the Tanana River Floodplain of Interior Alaska. Radioisotope dating, diatom assemblages, plant macrofossils, charcoal fragments, and carbon and...

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Main Authors: I. H. Myers-Smith, J. W. Harden, M. Wilmking, C. C. Fuller, A. D. McGuire, F. S. Chapin III
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-09-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/5/1273/2008/bg-5-1273-2008.pdf