Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate

Introduction : climate and land-cover changes in the Arctic / Pavel Groisman, Garik Gutman, and Anni Reissell -- Recent changes in Arctic vegetation : satellite observations and simulation model predictions / Scott J. Goetz ... [et al.] -- High-latitude forest cover loss in northern Eurasia, 2000-2005 / Peter V. Potapov, Matthew C. Hansen, and Stephen V. Stehman -- Characterization and monitoring of tundra-taiga transition zone with multi-sensor satellite data / Guoqing Sun ... [et al.] -- Vegetation cover in the Eurasian Arctic : distribution, monitoring, and role in carbon cycling / Olga N. Krankina ... [et al.] -- 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.] -- Interactions between land cover/use change and hydrology / Alexander I. Shiklomanov ... [et al.] -- Impacts of Arctic climate and land use changes on reindeer pastoralism : indigenous knowledge and remote sensing / Nancy G. Maynard ... [et al.] -- Cumulative effects of rapid land-cover and land-use changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia / Donald A. Walker ... [et al.] -- 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 -- Interaction between environmental pollution and land-cover/land-use change in Arctic areas / John Derome and Natalia Lukina -- Summary and outstanding scientific challenges for land-cover and land-use research in the Arctic region / Garik Gutman and Chris O. Justice.