"Tundra" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An ecosystem dominated by grasses, lichens, mosses, sedges and shrubs in cold landscapes or at high elevations where a layer of the ground remains perennially frozen (PERMAFROST).
| Descriptor ID |
D065929
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.157.718 N06.230.124.531
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| Concept/Terms |
Arctic Tundra- Arctic Tundra
- Arctic Tundras
- Tundra, Arctic
- Tundras, Arctic
Alpine Tundra- Alpine Tundra
- Alpine Tundras
- Tundra, Alpine
- Tundras, Alpine
Antarctic Tundra- Antarctic Tundra
- Antarctic Tundras
- Tundra, Antarctic
- Tundras, Antarctic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tundra" by people in Profiles.
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Winter warming in Alaska accelerates lignin decomposition contributed by Proteobacteria. Microbiome. 2020 06 05; 8(1):84.
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Tundra microbial community taxa and traits predict decomposition parameters of stable, old soil organic carbon. ISME J. 2019 12; 13(12):2901-2915.
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Long-Term Warming in Alaska Enlarges the Diazotrophic Community in Deep Soils. mBio. 2019 02 26; 10(1).
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Biotic responses buffer warming-induced soil organic carbon loss in Arctic tundra. Glob Chang Biol. 2018 10; 24(10):4946-4959.
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Microbial functional diversity covaries with permafrost thaw-induced environmental heterogeneity in tundra soil. Glob Chang Biol. 2018 01; 24(1):297-307.
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Shifts of tundra bacterial and archaeal communities along a permafrost thaw gradient in Alaska. Mol Ecol. 2015 Jan; 24(1):222-34.