Highly individualistic rates of plant phenological advance associated with arctic sea ice dynamics

• Published in: Biology Letters
• Main Authors: Post, Eric, Kerby, Jeffrey, Pedersen, Christian, Steltzer, Heidi
• Other Authors: U.S. National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Sea ice; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0332; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0332; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0332

We analysed 12 years of species-specific emergence dates of plants at a Low-Arctic site near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to investigate associations with sea ice dynamics, a potential contributor to local temperature variation in near-coastal tundra. Species displayed highly variable rates of phenologi...