Contributors ................................................... xi
John Richard Martin "Joonas" Derome (1947-2010): In
Memoriam ..................................................... xvii
List of Abbreviations ......................................... xix
1 Introduction: Climate and Land-Cover Changes in the Arctic ... 1
Pavel Groisman, Garik Gutman, and Anni Reissell
2 Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation: Satellite Observations
and Simulation Model Predictions ............................. 9
Scott J. Goetz, Howard E. Epstein, Uma S. Bhatt, Gensuo
J. Jia, Jed O. Kaplan, Heike Lischke, Qin Yu, Andrew Bunn,
Andrea H. Lloyd, Domingo Alcaraz-Segura, Pieter S.A. Beck,
Josefino C. Comiso, Martha K. Raynolds, and Donald
A. Walker
3 High-Latitude Forest Cover Loss in Northern Eurasia,
2000-2005 ................................................... 37
Peter V. Potapov, Matthew C. Hansen, and Stephen
V. Stehman
4 Characterization and Monitoring of Tundra-Taiga Transition
Zone with Multi-sensor Satellite Data ....................... 53
Guoqing Sun, Kenneth J. Ranson, Viatcheslav I. Kharuk,
Sergey T. Im, and Mukhtar M. Naurzbaev
5 Vegetation Cover in the Eurasian Arctic: Distribution,
Monitoring, and Role in Carbon Cycling ...................... 79
Olga N. Krankina, Dirk Pflugmacher, Daniel J. Hayes,
A. David McGuire, Matthew C. Hansen, Tuomas Häme, Vladimir
Elsakov, and Peder Nelson
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 ................. 109
Daniel J. Hayes, A. David McGuire, David W. Kicklighter,
Todd J. Burnside, and Jerry M. Melillo
7 Interactions Between Land Cover/Use Change and Hydrology ... 137
Alexander I. Shiklomanov, Theodore J. Bohn, Dennis P.
Lettenmaier, Richard B. Lammers, Peter Romanov,
Michael A. Rawlins, and Jennifer C. Adam
8 Impacts of Arctic Climate and Land Use Changes on
Reindeer Pastoralism: Indigenous Knowledge and Remote
Sensing .................................................... 177
Nancy G. Maynard, Anders Oskal, Johan M. Turi, Svein
D. Mathiesen, Inger Marie G. Eira, Boris Yurchak,
Vladimir Etylin, and Jennifer Gebelein
9 Cumulative Effects of Rapid Land-Cover and Land-Use
Changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia ..................... 207
Donald A. Walker, Bruce C. Forbes, Marina O. Leibman,
Howard E. Epstein, Uma S. Bhatt, Josefino C. Comiso,
Dmitri S. Drozdov, Anatoly A. Gubarkov, Gensuo J. Jia,
Elina Kaarlejärvi, Jed О. Kaplan, Aitern V. Khomutov,
Gary P. Kofinas, Timo Kumpula, Patrick Kuss, Natalia
G. Moskalenko, Nina A. Meschtyb, Anu Pajunen, Martha
K. Raynolds, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Florian Stammler,
and Qin Yu
10 Interactions of Arctic Aerosols with Land-Cover and
Land-Use Changes in Northern Eurasia and their Role
in the Arctic Climate System ............................... 237
Irina N. Sokolik, Judith Curry, and Vladimir Radionov
11 Interaction Between Environmental Pollution and Land-
Cover/Land-Use Change in Arctic Areas ...................... 269
John Derome and Natalia Lukina
12 Summary and Outstanding Scientific Challenges for Land-
Cover and Land-Use Research in the Arctic Region ........... 291
Garik Gutman and Chris O. Justice
Index ......................................................... 301
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