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Overview

Magnus Lund is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses on Atmospheric Science and overlaps with Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law subfields.

The main topics of Magnus Lund's work include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Magnus Lund has contributed publications to notable scientific journals, particularly:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Ecosystems

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems" (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Multiple Ecosystem Effects of Extreme Weather Events in the Arctic" (2020), published in Ecosystems

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jakob Abermann
  • Kirsty Langley
  • Heather Kropp
  • M. M. Loranty
  • Susan M. Natali

The collective research output reflects a focus on understanding environmental changes and their impacts in Arctic and Boreal contexts, including the effects of vegetation on soil temperatures and the wider ecosystem consequences of extreme weather events in the Arctic region.

Best Publications

  • Key indicators of Arctic climate change : 1971–2017

    Jason E. Box;William T. Colgan;Torben Røjle Christensen;Torben Røjle Christensen;Niels Martin Schmidt

  • Joint control of terrestrial gross primary productivity by plant phenology and physiology

    Jianyang Xia;Shuli Niu;Philippe Ciais;Ivan A Janssens

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Variability in exchange of CO2 across 12 northern peatland and tundra sites

    Magnus Lund;Peter M. Lafleur;Nigel T. Roulet;Anders Lindroth

  • The uncertain climate footprint of wetlands under human pressure

    Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu;Annalea Lohila;Juha-Pekka Tuovinen;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Response of an arctic predator guild to collapsing lemming cycles

    Niels Martin Schmidt;Rolf A. Ims;Toke T. Høye;Olivier Gilg

  • Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra

    Mikhail Mastepanov;C. Sigsgaard;Torbern Tagesson;Torbern Tagesson;Lena Ström

  • On the relationship between sub-daily instantaneous and daily total gross primary production: Implications for interpreting satellite-based SIF retrievals

    Yao-Jun Zhang;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao;Yongguang Zhang;Sebastian Wolf

  • Thermal optimality of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms.

    Shuli Niu;Yiqi Luo;Yiqi Luo;Shenfeng Fei;Wenping Yuan

  • Effects of drought conditions on the carbon dioxide dynamics in a temperate peatland

    Magnus Lund;Magnus Lund;Torben R Christensen;Anders Lindroth;Per Schubert

  • Environmental controls on the CO2 exchange in north Europea mires

    Anders Lindroth;Magnus Lund;Mats Nilsson;Mika Aurela

  • Annual CO2 balance of a temperate bog

    Magnus Lund;Anders Lindroth;Torben R. Christensen;Lena Ström

  • Trends in CO2 exchange in a high Arctic tundra heath, 2000–2010

    Magnus Lund;Julie Maria Falk;Thomas Friborg;Herbert N. Mbufong

  • Land‐atmosphere exchange of methane from soil thawing to soil freezing in a high‐Arctic wet tundra ecosystem

    Torbern Tagesson;Meelis Mölder;Mikhail Mastepanov;Charlotte Sigsgaard

  • Estimating northern peatland CO2 exchange from MODIS time series data

    Per Schubert;Lars Eklundh;Magnus Lund;Mats Nilsson

  • Effects of N and P fertilization on the greenhouse gas exchange in two northern peatlands with contrasting N deposition rates

    Magnus Lund;Torben Christensen;Mikhail Mastepanov;Anders Lindroth

  • Camera derived vegetation greenness index as proxy for gross primary production in a low Arctic wetland area

    Andreas Westergaard-Nielsen;Magnus Lund;Birger Ulf Hansen;Mikkel Peter Tamstorf

  • Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems

    Heather Kropp;Heather Kropp;Michael M Loranty;Susan M Natali;Alexander L Kholodov;Alexander L Kholodov

  • Carbon stocks and fluxes in the high latitudes: Using site-level data to evaluate Earth system models

    Sarah E. Chadburn;Sarah E. Chadburn;Gerhard Krinner;Philipp Porada;Annett Bartsch

  • Seasonal variation of photosynthetic model parameters and leaf area index from global Fluxnet eddy covariance data

    M. Groenendijk;M. Groenendijk;A. J. Dolman;C. Ammann;Almut Arneth;Almut Arneth

  • Exchange of CO 2 in Arctic tundra: impacts of meteorological variations and biological disturbance

    Efrén López-Blanco;Efrén López-Blanco;Magnus Lund;Mathew Williams;Mikkel P. Tamstorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Torben R. Christensen
Torben R. Christensen Aarhus University
Frans-Jan W. Parmentier
Frans-Jan W. Parmentier University of Oslo
Anders Lindroth
Anders Lindroth Lund University
Thomas Friborg
Thomas Friborg University of Copenhagen
Mika Aurela
Mika Aurela Finnish Meteorological Institute
Lena Ström
Lena Ström Karolinska Institute
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Bo Elberling
Bo Elberling University of Copenhagen
Mats Nilsson
Mats Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University

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