Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction: Climate and Land-Cover Changes in the Arctic; Pavel Groisman, Garik Gutman, and Anni Reissell
2 Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation: Satellite Observations and Simulation Model Predictions; Scott J. Goetz et al.
3 High-Latitude Forest Cover Loss in Northern Eurasia, 2000-2005; Peter V. Potapov, Matthew C. Hansen, and Stephen V. Stehman
4 Characterization and Monitoring of Tundra-Taiga Transition Zone with Multi-sensor Satellite Data; Guoqing Sun et al.
5 Vegetation Cover in the Eurasian Arctic: Distribution, Monitoring, and Role in Carbon Cycling; Olga N. Krankina et al.
6 The Effects of Land Cover and Land Use Change on the Contemporary Carbon Balance of the Arctic and Boreal Terrestrial Ecosystems of Northern Eurasia; Daniel J. Hayes et al.
7 Interactions Between Land Cover/Use Change and Hydrology; Alexander I. Shiklomanov et al.
8 Impacts of Arctic Climate and Land Use Changes on Reindeer Pastoralism: Indigenous Knowledge and Remote Sensing; Nancy G. Maynard et al.
9 Cumulative Effects of Rapid Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Donald A.Walker et al.
10 Interactions of Arctic Aerosols with Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes in Northern Eurasia and their Role in the Arctic Climate System; Irina N. Sokolik, Judith Curry, and Vladimir Radionov
11 Interaction Between Environmental Pollution and Land-Cover/Land-Use Change in Arctic Areas; John Derome and Natalia Lukina
12 Summary and Outstanding Scientific Challenges for Land-Cover and Land-Use Research in the Arctic Region; Garik Gutman and Chris O. Justice
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