Darwin Center programs and projects
1043: Feedbacks on vegetation change to surface energy balance and seasonal thawing of permafrost

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Darwin Center publications
Blok D, Heijmans MMPD, Schaepman-Strub G, Kononov AV, Maximov TC, Berendse F (2010). Shrub expansion may reduce summer permafrost thaw in Siberian tundra. Global Change Biology
Darwin Center authors: Berendse F., Blok D., Heijmans M. M. P. D

Daan Blok, Ute Sass-Klaassen, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Monique Heijmans, Pascal Sauren and Frank Berendse (2011). What are the main climate drivers for shrub growth in Northeastern Siberian tundra?. Biogeosciences8: 1169-1179.
Darwin Center authors: Berendse F., Blok D., Heijmans M. M. P. D

Daan Blok, Monique Heijmans, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Jasper van Ruijven, Frans-Jan Parmentier, Trofim Maximox, Frank Berendse (2011). The Cooling Capacity of Mosses: Controls on Water and Energy Fluxes in a Siberian Tundra Site. Ecosystemsin press:
Darwin Center authors: Berendse F., Blok D., Heijmans M. M. P. D, Parmentier F. J. W.

Blok D, Schaepman-Strub G, Bartholomeus H, Heijmans MMPD, Maximov TC, Berendse F (2011). The response of Arctic vegetation to the summer climate: relation between shrub cover, NDVI, surface albedo and temperature. Environmental Research Letters6:
Darwin Center authors: Berendse F., Blok D., Heijmans M. M. P. D

Blok D (2011). Shrubs in the cold: interactions between vegetation, permafrost and climate in Siberian tundra.
Darwin Center authors: Blok D.

Myers-Smith I, Forbes BC, Wilmking M, Hallinger M, Lantz T, Blok D, Tape KD, Macias-Fauria M, Sass-Klaassen U, Lévesque E, Boudreau S, Ropars P, Hermanutz L, Trant A, Siegwart Collier L, Weijers S, Rozema J, Rayback SA, Martin Schmidt N, Schaepman-Strub G, Wipf S, Rixen C, Ménard C, Venn S, Goetz S, Andreu-Hayles L, Elmendorf S, Epstein HE, Welker J, Grogan P, Hik, D (2011). Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: Dynamics, impacts and research priorities. Environmental Research Letters6:
Darwin Center authors: Blok D.

Keuper, F., Parmentier, F.J.W., Blok, D., van Bodegom, P.M., Dorrepaal, E., van Hal, J., van Logtestijn, R.S.P., Aerts, R. (2012). Tundra in the rain: differential vegetation responses to three years of experimentally doubled summer-precipitation in Siberian shrub and Swedish bog tundra.. Ambio41: 269-280.
Darwin Center authors: Aerts M.A.P.A., Blok D., Keuper F., Parmentier F. J. W.

Heijmans, M.M.P.D.; Nauta, A.L.; Blok, D. (2012). Vegetation-soil-permafrost interactions in Siberian tundra: on-going field experiments.
Darwin Center authors: Blok D., Heijmans M. M. P. D

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