Darwin Center programs and projects3052: Vegetation succession due to small-scale permafrost degradation in relation to carbon sequestration and methane emission
Darwin Center publicationsBlok 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. DDaan 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. DDaan 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. DHeijmans, 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. DHeijmans, M.M.P.D.; Pullens, J.W.M.; Nauta, A.L.; Li, B. (2012). Development of a dynamic tundra vegetation model for analysis of long-term vegetation-soil-permafrost feedbacks.
Darwin Center authors: Heijmans M. M. P. D, Li B.Gallagher, A.; Li, B. ; Budishev, A.; Huissteden, J. van; Heijmans, M.M.P.D.; Maximov, T.C.; Dolman, A.J. (2012). Increased greenhouse gas emission from thaw ponds in Siberian Arctic tundra on continuous permafrost.
Darwin Center authors: Budishchev A., Dolman A. J., Heijmans M. M. P. D, van Huissteden J., Li B.Nauta AL, Heijmans MMPD, Blok D, Limpens J, Elberling B, Gallagher A, Li B, Petrov RE, Maximov TC, van Huissteden J, Berendse F (2014). Permafrost collapse after shrub removal shifts tundra ecosystem to a methane source. Nature Climate ChangeDOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2446:
Darwin Center authors: Berendse F., Heijmans M. M. P. D, van Huissteden J., Li B.