Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions

Loranty, Michael M.; Abbott, Benjamin W.; Blok, Daan; Douglas, Thomas A.; Epstein, Howard E.; Forbes, Bruce C.; Jones, Benjamin M.; Kholodov, Alexander L.; Kropp, Heather; Malhotra, Avni; Mamet, Steven D.; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Natali, Susan M.; O'Donnell, Jonathan A.; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Rocha, Adrian V.; Sonnentag, Oliver; Tape, Ken D.; Walker, Donald A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5287-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5287-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5287-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

Reviews and syntheses

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31 Aug 2018

Reviews and syntheses |

| 31 Aug 2018

Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions

Michael M. Loranty, Benjamin W. Abbott, Daan Blok, Thomas A. Douglas, Howard E. Epstein, Bruce C. Forbes, Benjamin M. Jones, Alexander L. Kholodov, Heather Kropp, Avni Malhotra, Steven D. Mamet, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Susan M. Natali, Jonathan A. O'Donnell, Gareth K. Phoenix, Adrian V. Rocha, Oliver Sonnentag, Ken D. Tape, and Donald A. Walker

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 May 2018
- AC1: 'Author response to reviewer comments', Michael Loranty, 24 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Author response to reviewer comments', Michael Loranty, 24 Jul 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (31 Jul 2018) by Kirsten Thonicke

AR by Michael Loranty on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Aug 2018) by Kirsten Thonicke

AR by Michael Loranty on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2018)

Short summary

Vegetation and soils strongly influence ground temperature in permafrost ecosystems across the Arctic and sub-Arctic. These effects will cause differences rates of permafrost thaw related to the distribution of tundra and boreal forests. As the distribution of forests and tundra change, the effects of climate change on permafrost will also change. We review the ecosystem processes that will influence permafrost thaw and outline how they will feed back to climate warming.