Michael M Loranty, Colgate University, Geography, Hamilton, NY, United States, Heather Kropp, The Woodlands, TX, United States, Alexander L Kholodov, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Susan Natali, Woods Hole Science Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, Heather Dawn Alexander, Mississippi State University, Forestry, Starkville, MS, United States and Nikita Zimov, Northeast Scientific Station of Pacific Institute for Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences, Cherskiy, Russia