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Long-term climate-influenced land cover change in discontinuous permafrost peatland complexes
Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo,
Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada
Kristine Haynes
Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo,
Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada
Ryan Connon
Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest
Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2L9, Canada
James Craig
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Élise Devoie
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
William Quinton
Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo,
Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada
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Short summary
This study demonstrates how climate warming in peatland-dominated regions of discontinuous permafrost is changing the form and function of the landscape. Key insights into the rates and patterns of such changes in the coming decades are provided through careful identification of land cover transitional stages and characterization of the hydrological and energy balance regimes for each stage.
This study demonstrates how climate warming in peatland-dominated regions of discontinuous...
