Permafrost collapse after shrub removal shifts tundra ecosystem to a methane source

Ake L. Nauta, Monique M. P. D. Heijmans (), Daan Blok, Juul Limpens, Bo Elberling, Angela Gallagher, Bingxi Li, Roman E. Petrov, Trofim C. Maximov, Jacobus van Huissteden and Frank Berendse
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Ake L. Nauta: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3A
Monique M. P. D. Heijmans: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3A
Daan Blok: Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen
Juul Limpens: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3A
Bo Elberling: Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen
Angela Gallagher: Earth and Climate Cluster, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085 NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bingxi Li: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3A
Roman E. Petrov: Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 41 Lenin Avenue 677980 Yakutsk, Russia
Trofim C. Maximov: Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 41 Lenin Avenue 677980 Yakutsk, Russia
Jacobus van Huissteden: Earth and Climate Cluster, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085 NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Frank Berendse: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3A

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 67-70

Abstract: The release of carbon from decomposing Arctic soils, following permafrost thaw, is a potentially important climate feedback. Research now shows how shrub cover protects permafrost carbon reservoirs. Manipulative experiments show that the loss of shrub cover leads to a transition of the tundra to waterlogged methane-emitting conditions.

Date: 2015
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