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Early-Holocene warming in Beringia and its mediation by sea-level and vegetation changes

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Geese mediate vegetation state changes with parallel effects on N cycling that leave nutritional legacies for offspring

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Changes in vegetation in northern Alaska under scenarios of climate change, 2003-2100: Implications for climate feedbacks

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Projected changes in atmospheric heating due to changes in fire disturbance and the snow season in the western Arctic, 2003–2100

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Vegetation shifts observed in arctic tundra 17 years after fire

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Goose Mass and Vegetation Data, Colville River Delta, Alaska, 2012-2017

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Vegetation response to climate change in Alaska: examples from the fossil record

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Multivariate Bayesian clustering using covariate-informed components with application to boreal vegetation sensitivity

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Interactions among vegetation, climate, and herbivory control greenhouse gas fluxes in a subarctic coastal wetland

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Projected changes in wildlife habitats in Arctic natural areas of northwest Alaska

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Preliminary bathymetry of Shoup Basin and late Holocene changes of Shoup Glacier, Alaska

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When winners become losers: Predicted nonlinear responses of arctic birds to increasing woody vegetation

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Willow drives changes in arthropod communities of northwestern Alaska: Ecological implications of shrub expansion

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Searching for refuge: A framework for identifying site factors conferring resistance to climate-driven vegetation change

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Normalized difference vegetation index as an estimator for abundance and quality of avian herbivore forage in arctic Alaska

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Climate- and disturbance-driven changes in subsistence berries in coastal Alaska: Indigenous knowledge to inform ecological inference

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Reburns are becoming more common in many parts of Alaska
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Structural complexity and land-surface energy exchange along a gradient from arctic tundra to boreal forest

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The effect of drying boreal lakes on plants, soils, and microbial communities in lake margin habitats

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Historical and projected trends in landscape drivers affecting carbon dynamics in Alaska

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Differential response of carbon fluxes to climate in three peatland ecosystems that vary in the presence and stability of permafrost

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Image: Muir and Riggs Glaciers, Muir Inlet, Alaska - 1950

Muir and Riggs Glaciers, Muir Inlet, Alaska - 1950
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Late glacial–Younger Dryas climate in interior Alaska as inferred from the isotope values of land snail shells

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Influence of permafrost distribution on groundwater flow in the context of climate-driven permafrost thaw: Example from Yukon Flats Basin, Alaska, United States

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Response of plant community structure and primary productivity to experimental drought and flooding in an Alaskan fen

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Soil surface organic layers in Arctic Alaska: spatial distribution, rates of formation, and microclimatic effects

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Preliminary space image lineament maps of Alaska

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Evaluating CO2 and CH4 dynamics of Alaskan ecosystems during the Holocene Thermal Maximum

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Image: Muir and Riggs Glaciers, Muir Inlet, Alaska - 2004

Muir and Riggs Glaciers, Muir Inlet, Alaska - 2004
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Bruce Wylie with graphic for USGS EROS podcast Eyes on Earth

Eyes on Earth Episode 20 - Mapping Alaska's Permafrost
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