Results 51 to 60 of about 277 (174)

Experimental and field evidence indicate that islet‐nesting tundra birds experience reduced nest predation and benefit indirectly from high snow goose densities

Oikos, EarlyView.
Landscape features can shape the occurrence and strength of predator–prey interactions by influencing predation risk and prey distribution. In the High Arctic, some bird species select nesting sites with physical features that impede access for their main terrestrial predator, the Arctic fox.
Marylou Beaudoin, Andréanne Beardsell, Éliane Duchesne, Madeleine‐Zoé Corbeil‐Robitaille, Pierre Legagneux, Dominique Berteaux, Joël Bêty   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repeated Pleistocene Permafrost Episodes in the Western Pannonian Basin

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Concerning the study of past periglacial processes, the Pannonian Basin is a key area as it contains the southernmost frost polygons found in Central Europe. The presence or absence of permafrost is still, however, a matter of debate, and data on the timing of frost action are also scarce.
Krisztina Sebe, Ágnes Novothny, Gergely Surányi, Barbara Varga, László Fodor, Gábor Csillag   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the spatiotemporal variability in subsurface thermal regimes across a low-relief polygonal tundra landscape [PDF]

The Cryosphere, 2016
Vast carbon stocks stored in permafrost soils of Arctic tundra are under risk of release to the atmosphere under warming climate scenarios. Ice-wedge polygons in the low-gradient polygonal tundra create a complex mosaic of microtopographic features ...
J. Kumar, N. Collier, G. Bisht, R. T. Mills, P. E. Thornton, C. M. Iversen, V. Romanovsky   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Internal Structure, Kinematics, and Prehistory of Frozen Debris Lobe‐A (FDL‐A), Brooks Range, Alaska

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Frozen Debris Lobe‐A (FDL‐A)—one of hundreds of FDLs in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska—is a slow‐moving landslide in permafrost that has been the subject of research since 2008 due to its close proximity to the Dalton Highway. Here, we synthesize more than a decade's worth of climate and surface measurements of monitored FDLs, and the ...
Margaret M. Darrow, Esther L. Babcock, Ben A. Leshchinsky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of temperature and soil characteristics on methane production and oxidation in Arctic tundra [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2018
Rapid warming of Arctic ecosystems accelerates microbial decomposition of soil organic matter and leads to increased production of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).
J. Zheng, T. RoyChowdhury, T. RoyChowdhury, Z. Yang, Z. Yang, B. Gu, S. D. Wullschleger, S. D. Wullschleger, D. E. Graham, D. E. Graham   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Depositional and Hydrological Relationships Between Buried Dead Ice and the Active Layer in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: A Study of Sediment Geochemistry and Cation Concentrations

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The McMurdo Dry Valleys, the largest ice‐free region in Antarctica, are home to a cold‐desert hydrologic system of glaciers, snowbanks, streams, and lakes. Freshwater is also stored as dead glacial ice, which is poorly constrained in terms of ion concentrations and interactions with both in situ and overlying sediments.
Matthew C. Witscheber, Kate M. Swanger
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping snow depth within a tundra ecosystem using multiscale observations and Bayesian methods [PDF]

The Cryosphere, 2017
This paper compares and integrates different strategies to characterize the variability of end-of-winter snow depth and its relationship to topography in ice-wedge polygon tundra of Arctic Alaska.
H. M. Wainwright, A. K. Liljedahl, B. Dafflon, C. Ulrich, J. E. Peterson, A. Gusmeroli, S. S. Hubbard   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying the Surface Deformation of Pingos on the Alaskan North Slope Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pingos are large mounds with cores formed of intrusive ice that form in periglacial landscapes. These ice structures can form in regions of discontinuous permafrost, commonly as hydraulic or open‐system pingos, or in locations of continuous permafrost, commonly as hydrostatic or closed‐system pingos.
Venezia M. Follingstad, Roger J. Michaelides, Matthew R. Siegfried, Tyler M. Meng, John Bradford, Kynan H. G. Hughson, Alexia R. Kubas, Andrew Mullen, Enrica Quartini, Austin Routt, Hanna G. Sizemore, Andrei Swidinsky, Britney E. Schmidt   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework to evaluate and identify development requirements for land‐surface models at km‐scale resolution: Application to a semi‐arid and mountainous region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
This article provides a first evaluation of land‐surface models at the km‐scale resolutions at which they are used in weather and Earth‐system models. At these resolutions, the lateral transfers of water that organize landscapes play an important role in predicting evaporation correctly. Riparian processes and human water management for irrigation need
Jan Polcher, Julie Collignan, Juan Pablo Sierra Perez, Gabriele Arduini, Sophie Bastin, Martin Best, Aaron Boone, Manel Bravo, Francesca Covella, Jasper M. C. Denissen, Cenlin He, Simon Munier, Marc Prange, Elena Shevliakova   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of thermo-erosion gullying on hydrologic flow networks, discharge and soil loss

Environmental Research Letters, 2014
Thermo-erosion gullies in continuous permafrost regions where ice-wedge polygons are widespread contribute and change the drainage of periglacial landscapes.
Etienne Godin, Daniel Fortier, Stéphanie Coulombe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source