Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

Isla H. Myers-Smith,Sarah C. Elmendorf,Pieter S. A. Beck,Martin Wilmking,Martin Hallinger,Daan Blok,Ken D. Tape,Shelly A. Rayback,Marc Macias-Fauria,Bruce C. Forbes,James D. M. Speed,Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe,Christian Rixen,Esther Lévesque,Niels Martin Schmidt,Claudia Baittinger,Andrew J. Trant,Luise Hermanutz,Laura Siegwart Collier,Melissa A. Dawes,Trevor C. Lantz,Stef Weijers,Rasmus Halfdan Jørgensen,Agata Buchwal,Allan Buras,Adam T. Naito,Virve Ravolainen,Gabriela Schaepman-Strub,Julia A. Wheeler,Sonja Wipf,Kevin C. Guay,David S. Hik,Mark Vellend

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

2015

Isla H. Myers-Smith
Sarah C. Elmendorf
Pieter S. A. Beck
Martin Wilmking
Martin Hallinger
Daan Blok
Ken D. Tape
Shelly A. Rayback
Marc Macias-Fauria
Bruce C. Forbes
James D. M. Speed
Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe
Christian Rixen
Esther Lévesque
Niels Martin Schmidt
Claudia Baittinger
Andrew J. Trant
Luise Hermanutz
Laura Siegwart Collier
Melissa A. Dawes
Trevor C. Lantz
Stef Weijers
Rasmus Halfdan Jørgensen
Agata Buchwal
Allan Buras
Adam T. Naito
Virve Ravolainen
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub
Julia A. Wheeler
Sonja Wipf
Kevin C. Guay
David S. Hik
Mark Vellend

Rapid climate warming has been linked to increasing shrubdominance in the Arctic tundra. Research now shows that climate– shrubgrowth relationships vary spatially and according to site characteristics such as soil moisture and shrubheight.

Keywords:

Global warming
Tundra
Climatology
Biology
Climate sensitivity
Ecology
Shrub
Biome
Climate change
Arctic
Permafrost

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